That's not why it got locked. It got locked because of the type of comments that you don't see there anymore, as they kept coming and we removed all of them. They were name-calling and not saying very kind things to OP. We thought we don't need that, and as they had their question answered, I locked their post.
So it was protecting the OP there, not going crazy on censorship.
Well, with that you are also NOT welcome on Geddit.
Cool?
No, not really.
Okay.
The entire point of moderation is to keep horrible people from saying horrible things. Say things that communities find acceptable, or get on out of those communities.
I’m sure there are some other communities that will welcome your opinions, but you should really already know how unpopular that particular opinion is among the general population of the English-speaking world.
I know it's unpopular, but I want to find a community that doesn't censor its users for being unpopular or saying horrible things. I would rather censor those users myself if they say things I don't want to see.
Then you should head on over to 4chan.org, where you can be an obnoxious child to your heart's content.
The admin of this instance also is the admin of mastodon.world and the code of conduct (applies to all of ruud’s stuff) can be found here:
Any person who is a user of this instance or participates in any community hosted on this instance is bound by those rules.
If you don’t like the rules, you are absolutely welcome to find an instance that you would prefer but remember, if you still choose to visit any community here, you gotta pay attention to the rules. If you don’t like that moderators can and will moderate, you might want to find some other place to hang out.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I don't get why that person asked and I don't get why you're asking. Just search for instances, read their moderation policies, and pick one?
This is why I am so excited about Federated communities. Go out there and explore. You had the skills to find and sign up for Lemmy, surely you can web search and read.
I'm new to the platform and wanted to discuss the possibilities with other users.
Take a look at the lemmy.world sidebar, click on the rules link there and find the following. There you go, that seems like it closee the discussion to me.
If you picked the wrong instance, you can pick one with rules you align with.
Okay, thanks for letting us know, I guess? Have fun and don't let the door hit you on the way out
You can always avoid interaction within topics or with communities you know that will piss you. Its not that its mandatory to participate in every discussion, drop comment under every post
Is it okay if I don’t agree with your identity @guyman? Who knows if you are a guy or a man? All we really know is you think someone’s identity is an opinion that can be dismissed.
You can disagree with me about anything. If you're saying something I don't want to read, I can block you.
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The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:
Rule 1- All posts must be legitimate questions. All post titles must include a question.
All posts must be legitimate questions, and all post titles must include a question. Questions that are joke or trolling questions, memes, song lyrics as title, etc. are not allowed here. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.
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Your question subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.
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Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.
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That's it.
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Questions which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.
Rule 6- Regarding META posts and joke questions.
Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-question posts using the [META] tag on your post title.
On fridays, you are allowed to post meme and troll questions, on the condition that it's in text format only, and conforms with our other rules. These posts MUST include the [NSQ Friday] tag in their title.
If you post a serious question on friday and are looking only for legitimate answers, then please include the [Serious] tag on your post. Irrelevant replies will then be removed by moderators.
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If you intentionally annoy, mock, harass, or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.
Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.
Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.
Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.
Let everyone have their own content.
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