this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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There was a very public spat that played out between some of the mods of a vegan community and the admins of an instance probably around a year ago now.
Since then there's been a lingering feeling of distrust and resentment between some vegans and the rest of the Lemmy user base. Trolls and instigators love to gaslight people from both sides into fighting which leads to further division.
While I tend to agree people love drama and Lemmy is an easy target for it since it's still relatively small. They take pleasure seeing the shockwaves of these events ripple through the fediverse. Blocking them and refusing to engage with bad faith arguments (whatever your personal definition may be) is the best line of defense ATM IMO.