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lemmyusa.com is engaging in vote manipulation, suggest defederating unless it is addressed.
(lemmy.world)
Mod Abuse:
https://lemmy.world/modlog/1432313?page=1&actionType=All
The instance has 3 active subs, it's unlikely the admins are not also the mods engaging in this.
Banning anyone who downvotes is a clear attempt to foster a chilling effect on dissenting opinions. The mods and admins of this instance are putting their thumb on the scales in order to make their ideas appear more positively received than they actually are.
Thanks for your attention to this.
EDIT: the mod responsible for these actions has been caught voting multiple times using a variety of sockpuppet accounts.
Yea, +1 for defederation, clearly an attempt to make right-wing nut ideas seem more accepted on the Threadiverse than they are
Oh my god. This is like the ah-ha moment for me for what potential the fediverse has in the future.
Although I feel like we're so early in the concept, that 20 years from now "fediverse" as a concept will be common, but "fediverse" as a term will be as obsolete as "webrings" are today.
But basically this takes away power from the wealthy. They can't just buy their message being heard. They can create an instance, but if everyone defederates, then no one hears the message.
And since a lot of activities, as well as the mod logs, are public, it's difficult to engage in similar Tom-fuckery seen elsewhere!