I initially appealed and was rejected. I just moved onto other social media and spending less time with it in general. But about a month ago there was a discussion in this group regarding the move to free speech initially on X and then on Facebook. There was speculation that reddit would stop being so heavy handed with their bans. So after 2 years I appealed again. Said the required I promise not to break the rules, and the next morning I was up and running again.
Most, but not all, groups on Lemmy actually allow free civilized discussion. And bans on Lemmy are hardly ever permanent. Reddit should learn from Lemmy.
Drag got permabanned on the first offence on the new 196 for telling a suicidal person that it’s better to commit luigi than commit suicide. They don’t like it when you promote violence against neo-nazis and ceos on that community, even if you’re doing it to give someone a reason not to die.
For the record the user was also disabled and their disability played directly into drag’s heinous encouragement. This ableist violent rhetoric was deemed inappropriate both by 196 community mods and Blahaj admins for different yet related reasons. That behavior was violent, triggering, and absolutely unacceptable for any instance and community that values minority or oppressed groups even a little.
This is following the user’s real history of similar suicide encouragement in other communities.
cc @[email protected] because I am just sick of this user getting to spread lies and twisted truths about a community whose mods’ only sin is having basic empathy.
Any account that spreads lies about allies, empathetic leaders, and people I care about, I will call out. If Drag feels harassed by me straightforwardly repeating the truth from the modlog in relevant contexts, Drag is more than free to block me. Encouraging self-harm in an ableist way was deemed unacceptable by both 196 community mods and Blahaj admins independently. That decision wasn’t about silencing anyone—it was about maintaining a safe space for marginalized people.
I initially appealed and was rejected. I just moved onto other social media and spending less time with it in general. But about a month ago there was a discussion in this group regarding the move to free speech initially on X and then on Facebook. There was speculation that reddit would stop being so heavy handed with their bans. So after 2 years I appealed again. Said the required I promise not to break the rules, and the next morning I was up and running again.
Most, but not all, groups on Lemmy actually allow free civilized discussion. And bans on Lemmy are hardly ever permanent. Reddit should learn from Lemmy.
Drag got permabanned on the first offence on the new 196 for telling a suicidal person that it’s better to commit luigi than commit suicide. They don’t like it when you promote violence against neo-nazis and ceos on that community, even if you’re doing it to give someone a reason not to die.
For the record the user was also disabled and their disability played directly into drag’s heinous encouragement. This ableist violent rhetoric was deemed inappropriate both by 196 community mods and Blahaj admins for different yet related reasons. That behavior was violent, triggering, and absolutely unacceptable for any instance and community that values minority or oppressed groups even a little.
This is following the user’s real history of similar suicide encouragement in other communities.
cc @[email protected] because I am just sick of this user getting to spread lies and twisted truths about a community whose mods’ only sin is having basic empathy.
Quit lying. You’ve already been told to stop harassing drag.
Any account that spreads lies about allies, empathetic leaders, and people I care about, I will call out. If Drag feels harassed by me straightforwardly repeating the truth from the modlog in relevant contexts, Drag is more than free to block me. Encouraging self-harm in an ableist way was deemed unacceptable by both 196 community mods and Blahaj admins independently. That decision wasn’t about silencing anyone—it was about maintaining a safe space for marginalized people.
Drag didn’t encourage self harm in an ableist way. Quit lying. Don’t reply to drag anymore.