Remembering to look for and ignore folks with that telltale indicator has made the fediverse so much more enjoyable.

    • Aljernon@lemmy.today
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      Supporting the current regimes in Russia and China comes across as decidedly anti Russia and China. There is nothing socialist about modern day Russia but .ml still lick their boot.

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      A lot of us are pro China and Russia. Not all of us, some of us aren’t tripping balls. I’m just kinda here, and didn’t realize I was defederated with some other instances…

      Probably gonna make a new account in that case, if I ever remember to actually do so

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        That’s what I’m not a fan of. It feels softer than it is, the information bubble. The ml admins are too good at removing dissent and it translates to users unaware of the situation. Were there informed consent, I’d feel less aggrieved.

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          The fact they don’t list dissent or criticism of China/Russia as being bannable in the rules is one of the bigger problems. They will just ban you for Rule 1 or 2, neither of which have anything to do with that and leaving banned users scratching their heads wondering what they did wrong. Meanwhile to the other .mls, it just looks like the devs banned someone for a “legitimate” reason because the devs will leave a comment painting the banned user’s comment in that light.

          Example: User “BillyBobJones” expresses a dislike of China’s genocide of the Uyghur Muslims. Dessalines or Davel will quickly ban BillyBobJones under Rule 1 or 2 for, say, “racism”. Then they will leave a comment under the deleted comment accusing BillyBob of saying something racist and saying that’s why BillyBob was banned. Unless an .ml user bothers to check the modlogs, they won’t know what BillyBob actually said and will praise Dessalines/Davel for removing a racist. Dissenter removed, echo chamber reinforced.

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            China’s genocide of the Uyghur Muslims

            I literally just left Xinjiang again, currently in Kazakhstan.

            If you want to criticize China, talk about existing policy, not silly shit the west made up.

            Maybe even come over and make some friends and ask them about their experiences.

            Also p sure its lemmy.ml policy to include the post you were banned for, unlike .world who will straight up lie.

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              ML mods have been caught ignoring their own policy and do straight up lie as well. Both of the teams are kinda crappy.

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                It wouldn’t surprise me. Imo its a flaw that lemmy doesn’t require mods sign their actions.

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        Yeah. Abandon ship asap. That shithole is not something you’d want to be associated with unless you love sucking authoritarian boot-shaped cock.

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      Huh. I’m trying to understand what you mean. Your interpretation is that .ml is pro-China and pro-Russia. And, as you can see, my account is .ml. I’m not sure I would identify as pro-China or pro-Russia. What does it mean to you to be pro-China and pro-Russia?