I was going to comment on a post today, and found out I’d been banned from mop@quokk.au. Apparently it happened awhile ago.

Not much of a reason, no real evidence given. The mod didn’t include a screenshot, link, or even quoted text, so I’m not sure which specific interaction led to this. Basically this is just thought policing. Hilarious considering that the community claims to be:

free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.

Also, even if the accusation is true it doesn’t break any community rules:

There is only one mod of mop@quokk.au, so this isn’t just a vague/general example. @lumpenproletariat@quokk.au is a PTB.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      33·
      17 hours ago

      More vague generalized implications, still lacking anything specific. You might as well just say overtly that you support abuses of power.

  • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

    What was the comment you wanted to publish?
    I can intersect it for you, if think it’s relevant agitprop.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      32·
      17 hours ago

      I appreciate the offer, but I’m not really interested in attempting to dodge a ban for the sake of a comment on a meme post. It was just the catalyst for this.

      • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
        3·
        15 hours ago

        You wouldn’t be dodging a ban since I’d be commenting on your behalf. Unless you think the ban is deserved?

        • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          1·
          9 hours ago

          Unless you think the ban is deserved?

          I think the ban is the ban, and that my conduct is and will continue to be more mature than these PTBs.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      23·
      1 day ago

      For what reason, exactly?

      An accusation was made in the ban, but nothing was provided to substantiate it. What you seem to be saying is that the accusation itself is enough to justify the ban, which is akin to a witch hunt, where the accused is presumed to be guilty and is then punished for having been accused, with no evidence given and no recourse.

      I was not given the basic courtesy of a warning, or even a message from the moderator, and a 73-year ban is effectively permanent, which is extreme when no actual rules were broken. Basically, I was banned for thought crime, because the mod didn’t like what I said. The judgment was carried out summarily and with no consideration. This is kangeroo court nonsense.

      The last time I experienced similar behavior was on lemmygrad.ml.

      • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Yikes. So what you’re saying is that a difference in political opinion is justification for retaliatory action. That is fantastically authoritarian.

        What exactly was “shitty” about any of those comments?

        • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
          11·
          9 hours ago

          Why do you have a problem with anarchists banning you from anarchist communities exactly? Do you think you should be able to say what you like wherever you go? Quokk.au isn’t a freeze peach instance. They have no obligation to let you visit and shit on the floor.

          • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubOPEnglish
            21·
            8 hours ago

            Why do you have a problem with anarchists banning you from anarchist communities exactly? Do you think you should be able to say what you like wherever you go?

            I think that I haven’t broken any rules, and that I’ve essentially been judged under some secret law, and the punitive measure was delivered effectively in secret with no communication or recourse, which is the kind of behavior one expects from fascists and authoritarians.

            Basically I think I’m the victim of abject hypocrites. People who claim to be ideologically against abuses of authority obviously approve of such abuses when aligned with their personal politics.

            It’s very telling to me that so many people here are functionally behaving as if the mod were right because they’re the mod, which is to say “might makes right”.

            Quokk.au isn’t a freeze peach instance. They have no obligation to let you visit and shit on the floor.

            I think that if you’re going to build an echo chamber, you should have explicit rules identifying it as such, to the effect of “Only approved ideologies are allowed to be expressed here, and all others are forbidden.” That way you at least have to consciously process that you are building an echo chamber, and you put up a warning sign so that reasonable, cooperative and tolerant people will know to stay away.

  • tidderuuf@lemmy.world
    57·
    1 day ago

    Fine example of Lemmy turning into federated silos and echo chambers just like their ancestors sailed from on Reddit.