I got banned from Lemmy World for a week because of an emoji. Why?
I got banned from Lemmy World for a week because of an emoji. Why?
I put the middle finger emoji under their newest piracy announcement and they banned me from Lemmy World for a week. I can argue that it was ambiguous. It could have been against Lemmy for letting pirates back in, or it could have been against the pirates. So damn quick to judge.
"I got a timeout for making a top level reply to an admin post with nothing but a middle finger" isn't the sob story you think it is
You'd probably need to see if they have a way to directly contact them, as this community is primarily for those looking for assistance with running/configuring their own Lemmy instance.
There are some posts you don’t need to troll on. These include admin posts about server updates. I understand your stance against it, and dare say I agree with it wholeheartedly, but they are our dictators on this forum.
So while I’m all for flipping off a cop and saying fuck the system, you must admit we don’t have the same rights here as we would in a society.
TL;DR: Them’s the rules.
you must admit we don’t have the same rights here as we would in a society.
I'd disagree, and actually say that you have even more "rights". You can move to another instance, or even start up your own. The equivalent (moving to a different country/city/town, or starting your own) is a bit harder to pull off depending on your situation.
The next major release will even have an account settings export/import feature to make this a bit easier. Or for now, you can use something like LASIM.
Well, I meant it quite literally. We certainly don’t have a Bill of Rights or anything related. The Terms of Service are rules we must not break, but technically there are no rules protecting us from the admins of the site. We sure are free to leave, but we are not “free” to protest in any way we see fit. So we are at the mercy of the admins if we wish to stay on this site.