‘Be nice’ is a great idea in concept but when it comes down to concrete justification for post deletions and bans, it just becomes a general tool of oppression
Simply disagreeing with a political position has triggered rule #1 bans and removals across several subs, Gaza is a great example of this.
If we just want to keep pretending that mods are any different here than reddit, then they need to be held to a better degree of responsibility when it comes to their abuse of overly broad definitions.
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Do you ever worry that maybe it’s just you?
[Edit] I mean “just you who thinks this”, and therefore there may be an issue with your perception of others, I’m not trying to say “just you are an arsehole”.
Yes I legit did think for many years that it was just me, and basically kept to myself and was slowly dying of social isolation
Then I actually saw a therapist and unloaded the whole thing and she pointed me in the direction of a few interesting studies about how narcissists prey on autists and it’s made a lot of those interactions make a lot more sense the targeted harassment I have been experiencing.
I know exactly what you mean (and I’m very familiar with the behaviour in real life), but I can’t say I’ve personally seen it on Lemmy. I know a lot of it depends on what you’re subscribed to or federated with, but rather than “100% arseholes” I felt Lemmy was more like “95% pretty nice people”.
Imagine you are on the freeway, and a car comes on your lane going in the wrong direction, and going fast! And then another one, and another one, and then you realize:
They must be hundreds!!