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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.
Oh we finally got an actual conservative instance... and of course they get their fee fees hurt by downvotes.
Free Speech for me but not for thee.
Good catch.
EDIT:
This instance also has its own SatansMaggotyCumFart user, with its own AI generated avatar, as well as a profile that describes itself as a bunch of insane nonsense, but more importantly, claims to be 'the only real' profile.
In case people are unaware, SMCF is more or less a dedicated gimmick/joke sccount that's been on lemmy for a while, a clear parody account.
(well, sometimes they break character, but, you get the idea)
A bit of a staple of the lemmyverse.
This appears to be a clear attempt at impersonating them.
Put this all together and this instance seems to me to be some kind of a psyop; foreign, domestic, (from the standpoint of the US), who knows, but its very clear that deceit and manipulation are the entire point of this instance.
HilariousChaos beat them to that, HC is basically a "Nicer Friendlier ExplodingHeads"
Though at least HC is a real instance and not some sort of manipulation attempt