reason: Rule 3 - No opinion articles

This is the article, as you can see it is very clearly a news article about a current event and not at all an opinion article.

reason: Misinformation. Two parliament victories out of 650 members is NOT a nightmare for the opposition.

It’s a clickbaity title at worst, b ut it is not misinformation. A party losing a swing seat is not a good sign, especially considering Starmers growing unpopularity. This ban was purely a mods opinion, there was no ‘misinformation’.

reason: Multiple posting rule violations, especially opinion and misinformation articles. Please read the rules in the sidebar in future.

The mod used these two lies to justify a ban from the community. What point is reading the rules in the sidebar meant to serve if they’re not legitimately being enforced?

  • Ginja@lemmy.worldOP
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    24 days ago

    That’s not really how it seems like at all.

    I have actually spoken with different mods in both World and News and after getting further clarification around what sources are permitted and are not (ex. I can use anything that doesn’t fall under the “Questionable” list) it was all resolved long ago.

    This is also the only time a post was removed for being an ‘opinion’ article, yet it’s specifically mentioned as a cause for the ban?

    It’s not due to a “history”, and most of my posts are well received such as ‘White House says health insurance needs to fully cover condoms, other over-the-counter birth control’

    Now how about instead of trying to find any excuse to justify this, you address the points made in my original comment?

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      24 days ago

      I can only base my opinion on what i can observe, not on the information you withhold, while i think “misinformation” might be too strong, i don’t think it’s unfair to get rid of clickbait article on news community, which is the reason i suggest what i suggest. On the other hand, i can’t really see and justify what you’re currently doing, therefore i can’t based my opinion on your point of view. And no, i will not address your point, i’m not even the mod or admin of that instance, your fight is with them, not me.

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        24 days ago

        And calling a non-opinion piece article an opinion piece before removing it?