one of the reasons i dont use lemmy all the time tbh. i changed instances like 3 times cause of random disappearances and defederation. the mod situation is far worse here than on reddit because you have like 3 different groups of people who can remove your post.
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
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This is a popular opinion, but only because most Lemmy users think this post isn't about them.
That "let's talk about politics" always gets bad and become food for trolls. You can't expect to get treat well. The only thing you can do is to follow every trend and vote down the few others. Perhaps that helps to feel a little bit better over the day? Ok this may be negative.
Positive are groups about special interests eg Emacs. This are more hidden pearls with no trolling and banning. Perhaps if an aggressive Vim-User comes around? I don't know. 😆
Blocking makes it better here. After 6 weeks blocking every day a lot, it's nice here now. Would be nice a user could block hole instances. Or blocking with filters. Eg Musk or some flags. What ever you want.
I'm guessing this ban was on lemmy.ml? They'll ban you for not sucking Xi Jinping's peepee enthusiastially enough.