I’m not a big fan of moderation being at the whims of whoever has an agenda.

Are there lemmy instances that take moderation seriously and don’t just ban/censor people they disagree with? So far it looks like the mods in lemmy.world instances are very flippant with their moderation and I’m curious if anyone has filled the void yet for a better instance.

Edit: Thanks for everyone who tried to give a legitimate response. No thanks to those who just wanted to spout their talking points or debate the merits of freedom of speech; that was never the point of this thread.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    An example of an opinion that would get censored on some Lemmy instances:

    China’s authoritarian government is unethical and worse than America, even under Trump

    An example of an opinion that would get censored on some mainstream platforms:

    Luigi was right, we should kill billionaires

    Both should be allowed

    • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Do you notice something? Your comment is still there. Nobody has removed it. Nobody has left a rude comment. So far, nobody has even downvoted it (as far as I can see from my instance).

      Most of the time it’s not about the opinion but about how it’s presented. As long as you’re respectful and accept that someone else might disagree with you, almost no lemmy instance will „censor“ you for something like that.

      • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        We’re on Lemmy.world, if this was presented as an actual opinion (rather than an example of an opinion) on .ml I guarantee you it would be removed under ‘rule 1’