I just got banned from linux@lemmy.ml, which seems to be the biggest Linux community out there.

For context, it was about the recent Vaxerski incident, where I shared my personal opinion about the whole gender stuff. I wasn’t even trying to be hurtful against anyone, just shared my 2 cents in an already ongoing conversation.

Sure, ine might not agree with my opinion, and I don’t agree with others, and this is totally normal. But at least we should be able to have sane and respectful conversations where no one is insulting each other, or anyone else… without having a mod intervening into the conversation

So to all the mods out there: Your personal opinion does not give you the right to delete comments and block users, just because their opinions don’t align with yours!

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    Generally, and I can only speak for myself, but GENERALLY, the way it works is someone takes offense at your comment and reports it.

    That report goes to the mods of that community along with the Admins of your instance, in your case programming.dev.

    Any action taken by the mods or admins is then recorded in the modlog.

    In your case, you got a 3 day ban:

    https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&userId=7110660

    “Rule 1 - No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.”

    And, yeah, your comment hits that rule. I would have removed it from my communities as well.

    Ban-worthy? Not for a single comment for ME at least. If it looked like you were engaging in a pattern of behavior or trolling, then yeah, that’s a ban.

    • adONis@programming.devBannedOPEnglish
      49·
      2 years ago

      Transphobic leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Let’s take islam as an example… btw, I’m a muslim.

      If I’d say something along these lines “It’s absurd that we live in a society where people feel the urge to tell me to greet them with ‘sallam alleykum’”.

      Would that be islamophobic?

      And yes, I agree, If I were to go around and just write these types of comments on every occasion, sure, that’d be a rightful ban.

      • MrPibb@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        And this class is called, say it with me, a false equivalence argument. A false equivalence being when an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false logic.

        • adONis@programming.devBannedOPEnglish
          26·
          2 years ago

          Oh come on, seriously? … false equivalence? would you at least dare to explain why?

          • morphballganon@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            User loobkoob@kbin did so in their comment. You can simply not use pronouns. Your hypothetical doesn’t include a “just don’t say the thing” option.