Divide and conquer.
So many people here are ready to fight at the slightest dissent. So ready to censor and ban.
It’s unnatural.
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Who is “they”?
Users clawing at each other over anything, and mods power tripping has been an Internet trope since the BBS forum days in the 1990s, at least. Lemmy, or at least LW seems to have a lower than median amount although imperfect. Lemmy as a platform has the advantage that anyone willing to undertake it can spin up their own instance, preventing a 100% stranglehold on mod/admin powers.
Maybe it’s not BECAUSE you disagree, but HOW you disagree.
I’ve seen you post some wacky metaphysical concepts and get upset when others don’t agree with your unusual beliefs and assumptions.
Do you have a citation for that? Because I think my replies have been pretty chill.
That depends. Are you just going to argue and defend whatever I find, or are you going to read them and consider that maybe they aren’t as chill as you think?
I’m willing to help you learn and understand, but I’m not interested in wasting my time on an argument.
I promise to read and consider!
So, this is a rather unflattering conversation. I’m going to translate each post HOW I INTERPRET IT. I have no doubt that whatever you originally intended will not match what I describe. That’s the point. I don’t think you’re a bad person, I think you’re not communicating effectively and sometimes it makes you sound like an asshole.
Title: Cause and Effect isn’t real! (Take note that there is no supporting text to explain the ambiguous title.)
Them: I don’t understand what you mean. Can you give an example?
You: Title rephrased in an even MORE ambiguous way. It’s pointless to explain because you’re all morons in an echo chamber.
Them: We just wanted clarification.
You: I know YOU are, but what am I ?
Them: Wait, what? You started this conversation, you should tell us what led you to believe this.
You: ugh you’re so difficult! Do you want proof or clarification?
Them: Nevermind, I found your other comment where you explained yourself better.
Well you certainly put a lot of work into that. For that reason I will consider it.
I honestly have no idea if you’re completely dismissing me or not.
People have freedom. This includes the freedom to run a Lemmy instance that they own, on hardware they own, and administrate it however they see fit.
I would say it is extremely natural to get a fairly diverse array of different ways to run things, depending on the opinions and feelings of each individual owner.
Being private individuals operating their own private property for whatever reason they feel like, (usually nerdy tech reasons in our case) none of them are under any requirement to be nice or accepting of anyone. It is 100% their choice to operate however they see fit, within the laws of their own country. (which can be anywhere on Earth that has internet)
It is odd to me that people feel they should have some sort of right to go onto someone else’s property and say whatever they feel like. That’s just not how anything works anywhere. You are on their digital property by open invitation, and that invitation can be revoked at any time they feel like.
