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Read it again without the word 'anti-vaxx' and see if you agree with the ban under the site rules. Now imagine it said 'trolling and weightloss pill spammer.' Would you be upset because there is no rule against that specific type of spammer?
Except that account had zero trolling behavior on it. Is that how this site works? If you don't like someones opinion you call them a troll and SITE WIDE ban them? Seems like a pretty lame excuse to me.
No trolling? The username is 'vaxedpeopledie'.. To me the way vaccinated is written (with one 'x' or more) is already unsettling enough (if not trolling). But jokes aside - who has a username like this without the intent to stir up controversy?
Edit: Also, I trust this platform because people get banned (i.e., moderation works).
Controversy isn't trolling. Is controversy against site rules? Who cares how a word is spelled?
If people get banned for posting news articles showing the dangers of vaccines then put that in the rules and stop hiding behind the world troll or controversy.
Also you can moderate individual communities however you want but a site wide ban should be when someone breaks a site wide rule. No?
Everyone who reads cares about spelling. It has to do with readability. I know that most mainstream click-bait article headline authors do not care. They do not need to, since their message is typically trivial. If you read more complicated texts it becomes obvious why words cannot be spelled differently in every paragraph. (Also, it seems to be a Usonian problem...) Controversy is not the issue. It can arise. The problem is when posts are made with intent of controversy (a.k.a "user engagement"). In a scientific discussion, controvery disappears with increasing evidence (no need to argue when the facts are clear). Also, ban the trolls from everything (never feed them!).
spreading misinformation is obnoxious, and you defending such behavior is no better.
appropriately, antivaxxers won't live long enough to be a permanent nuisance for society.
why don't you use a free speech website like gab? Because they are all crazy shitholes that aren't actually free speech? lmao it's sad tbh
I can't see the account activity and it doesn't make any sense to ask for proof of no trolling behavior. I will assume you are correct that there was no trolling. Was that your account?
I do know that mods have to make calls like that all of the time and I haven't seen anything to make me think that ours aren't working in good faith. I don't always agree with decisions that are made, but the job is difficult and voluntary.
Even better, the mods on this instance don't have to power to stop a person from interacting on Lemmy by joining another instance or even creating their own. We are free and encouraged to find a place that welcomes us.