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.
In a vacuum, an idealistic world in which everyone is acting in good faith, this seems like a good idea.
In practice, any unmoderated internet space that allows arbitrary user content quickly becomes overrun with adbots, to the point that the platform is unusable for everyone else. Leaving it up to the individual to block them just becomes an exponentially growing game of whac-a-mole.
Removed by mod
You would spend all of your time just blocking bots. Even if you personally would not be turned away by that, most people would, so the platform would be effectively empty.