What irks me the most is the spinelessness of a lot of mods. Shadow banning and banning without an explanation just striffling free speech without acountability. Freedom of expression should not be subject to the whims of individuals!

If this gets me banned than you are worse than spez

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      10 months ago

      You pointed out that self hosting doesn’t prevent bans, and they were essentially saying that anyone concerned with digging bans reeks of entitlement when they demand to be heard on platforms where they aren’t wanted.

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      10 months ago

      No. I just felt like you did not understand how free speech and censorship worked.

      Creating an instance so you have a platform to speak from is always an option, but other instances having the ability to block that instance is not a sign of it being broken. It means the system works as intended.