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I tend to browse /All and by New on Lemmy. I went to respond on a thread on [email protected] to thank someone for a recipe that looked good, and found out I had been banned.

Odd, considering I hadn't posted to that sub at any point in the past. I checked the modlog to find that "Mod" had banned a bunch of people citing "Rule 5."

Their Rule 5 states: Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future (see current stickied discussion).

I (and hundreds of others) seemingly broke rule 5 of this community without ever posting there. What is going on?

And my apologies if this isn't the place for this, but I had no idea where else to post the question.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Quick question. How do you know if you been banned? Let's say that I was banned, do I see posts, can I see the comments or nothing at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You do not seem to be banned from anything that I can see: https://discuss.online/modlog?page=1&userId=3001113.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Honestly this mod appears to be having a mental health crisis and it'd be more productive to try to reach out and have a conversation. I might be naive but if I was involved it'd be my first action.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago

Their own irrationality means their feelings on what is "bad-faith carnist rhetoric" depend entirely on their subjective feelings for the day.

I'm a flexitarian who's morality can actually be defended logically, unlike with vegans.

But their community, moderate as they see fit, I can't complain.

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