annndddd now he's banned. I tried to warn him! lol
The sidebar does not mention any “Disengage” rule.
True, but that doesn't change the facts I gave you, friend. Maybe the sidebar will be updated or something. Either way, I have seen people banned for going on after the word was dropped.
Listen, I know what it's like to be piled up on. Trust me on this. For a long time, people accused me of being the most downvoted, most hated person on Lemmy (good times/glory days).
Some still think that. So I know what it's like.
Sometimes when the crowd is chasing you with pitchforks, you gotta realize that you ain't gonna win the fight and you just let it go. Doesn't mean you leave Lemmy or anything, but sometimes it's just not worth arguing about. So you move on, and find places on Lemmy that you do like, and carry on.
I was just banned from some place just yesterday because someone called me a troll who was banned from everywhere, and my exact reply was: "Nope. Still here." Boom! Banned there now for ban evasion, tho I didn't realize I had ever been banned from that comm before. lol
Meh, it is what it is. Lemmy ain't that serious.
But like I said, I ain't your boss. You do you. But if you keeping on going like this in this comm, you will def get banned from here. Maybe you care, maybe you don't. I'm just giving you my opinion.
My fiance is Jewish (disagrees with much of what Israel is doing tho and isn't very political). She was on here to check it out, and because I was hyping up the concept of Lemmy. She def wasn't a fan.
The hate for all things Jewish scared her to death and now she questions why I'm on here so much! lol
The extremism here, tho started out for rightful intentions, is starting to lean into antisemitism in some corners of Lemmy. It's very ironic and weird watching some posters go from anti-nazi everything to anti-jewish everything. Sometimes in the same comment.
I think ALL governments are assholes, so I'm somewhat indifferent to the entire thing.
I don't know what the fuck Lemmy is turning into though. I think some just wanna watch the world burn and will jump to whatever side has the matches.
If there was some instance that banned all political talk, I'd def hang out there for most of my time on Lemmy.
Just a heads up, keeping on going after someone says "Disengage" is ban-worthy in this community. I get it. People are jumping on ya, and you wanna defend yourself. But "Disengage" means the discussion has to end. If we don't follow that guideline, most of the comments here just spiral into infinity of back and forth.
So if you don't delete your comment, good chance you can get banned here. I'm not your boss tho, so you do you. I'm only pointing it out because the rule was pointed out to me once and helped me.
I'm not defending you or any others here, just giving you some facts.
Good point! I forgot where I was for a sec.
I see how you feel with your Peertube song.
haha, thanks! Yeah, I was feeling creative that day. I figured, "Hey, I should make a Lemmy song!" You reminded me of it, so I posted it to a nerdcore comm just now. lol
I'm with ya. I LOVE the decentralized nature and concept of Lemmy. Just wish some of the more extreme rhetoric would die down. Because this would make a great creative space. People should def not take it quite so seriously and spend more time outside.
But as an aside, I just had a talk with one of the admins for my instance, and it was a great convo and they are supported of creatives here. So right now, feeling good.
Let me know if you find a better venue… I am also disappointed in Lemmy.
I still love Lemmy, and my main Lemmy instance. But ugh, everything is getting so political and extreme everywhere. I'm trying to transition into just posting my writing and staying in writing communities, but my reputation proceeds me (still no regrets and I still believe in everything I said) and things can downgrade pretty quick.
And if I came up with an alt name, people would recognize my writing and say I was ban-evading.
So ugh, we'll see. I'm trying to just stay out of everything political, but people mention my fucking name all the time anytime someone talks about "trolls." And I never back down when I get false accused. lmao
Agreed. Lots of missed opportunities, and Lemmy is also shunning away their allies against Trump by overusing the words Nazi and Fascist to describe every poster that disagrees with Democrats. My gf, who is very very anit-Trump, lasted on Lemmy one day. One day!
She said it was way too hateful and political. lol
I feel bad even recommending it to her, and I don't recommend it to any of my friends anymore.
Lemmy will die in a few years because of it's extremism. It's already slowing down. But I'll ride it to the end to prove to people that they didn't bully me off of it. :)
I wish people was more forgiven of Trump voters, it is not the monolithic the Left tries to portray it is. Trump sold himself as fighting the establishment, being anti-war and pro-antitrust (many small business owners supported him)
Be prepared to accept accusations of being a fascist Nazi for saying this. You're right, but Lemmy is so extreme on this subject, that if you aren't with the majority, then you're an evil nazi pig--regardless of reality.
I still get accused of it and all I did was vote third party in the election. 9 months ago! lol
Can confirm. about 15 years ago, my bank account was frozen for 3 weeks for child-support enforcement. Only they weren't talking about my kid or even me. Some dude in Florida with my same first and last name was a deadbeat dad. So they froze my account because apparently, he didn't have a bank account or something.
What's super annoying about it is that we had different middle names, not even close to the same social security number, and not one person even contacted me before my bank account was frozen. I only found out because a check I wrote or something bounced. And I was like, WTF?
I was finally able to talk to enough bank people to clear it up. But it took 3 weeks. I never got an apology for it either. And the fuckers did not refund my insufficient funds fee. I mean, it was only $15 bucks, and it would have cost me more than that in my time to get a refund, but still...
So yeah, even here in the US, banks can suck.
Hey! I resemble this remark!
I'm late to this party so can't play, but thank you for posting this!
There is no story. And I haven't been banned from "everywhere." Those two posters (and most of Lemmy) are mad because last year I voted third party in the US election.
Back then, many on Lemmy thought that if you didn't support the Democratic Party, then you were a russian spy working for Trump. People legit accused me of living in Russia, being paid with russian bitcoin (to post on lemmy! WTF?! lol), and trying to get Trump elected. All because I posted news articles about third parties.
Several posters tracked me, one actually wrote a program to track me and the times I posted in order to "prove" I was "russian." Didn't work tho, cuz I'm not russian and I don't live in russia. It was a wild time. lol
Even tho I created and mod several socialist and third party comms: Socialst, Anarchist, Green, etc. :
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/swp@sh.itjust.works
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/msafe
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/swp@lemmy.today
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/msafe
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/greenparty@sh.itjust.works
And I actually voted for a Socialist party. Now, third party is cool, but right before the election, oh hell no! You were a traitor if you mentioned third party. lmao.
My post history and my comment history is public both from on this instance and my former home, .world under this same username. :)
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/UniversalMonk@lemmy.world
Basically they all swore up and down that I'd disappear right after the election. And blocked me. But I didn't disappear, and since they blocked me, they don't see my posts. So they keep going on and on about how I was banned from Lemmy. lol
Now, anytime they see a poster they don't like, they like to say it's an "alt of Universal Monk" trying to worship Trump. When you ask them why I would post and create so much Socialist stuff if I was really a Trump voter, they usually then attack you and say that you are an alt of Universal Monk too.
All the while, I'm over here just posting away and doing my thing and posting my fiction writing, socialist articles and anarchy articles. :)
I appreciate your well-balanced tone and explanation. A rare thing on Lemmy lately.
I support you. Stay strong against the serial downvoters and don't let them bully you.
Stealing from the rich to give to the poor. You’re distributing the wealth to the poor, right?
- I sponsor a family with Compassion International. (https://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/) One of the better .orgs, but I don't like how they don't give the money directly to the families themselves. They give to the community, which is fine, but they should be more specific about that. I signed up before I knew those details, but I get such special letters from the child that I support w this program, that I don't wanna cancel.
- I sponsor two different families through Unbound. (https://www.unbound.org/) One of the top orgs for sponsoring a child. Both families are in Guatemala. I exchange letters and videos with both families. And this org actually sends 90% of donations directly to sponsored families, giving them control to meet their specific needs rather than funneling aid through preset programs.
- I donate to the elementary and middle schools where I used to work as an affective needs teacher before I retired. Both schools serve children in underserved communities. I also regularly visit local thrift stores to buy children’s clothing to donate to the elementary school. The clothes are kept in the principal’s office and used when students have accidents (bathroom, playground, P.E., or art class, etc.) so they can change at school. Many parents can’t leave work during the day, so this helps prevent embarrassment for the child and keeps them comfortable without disrupting their learning.Please call your local elementary school and see if they need donations like this as well, and ask what sizes they need. Solid color clothes with no logo or graphics are preferred.
- I buy children's books for the Free Little Library that I have in front of my house so that it is always stocked with books. I also buy and donate books to the Free Little Library in front of my former schools.
- I'm a member of the Red Cross and I volunteer there by transporting donated blood from donation centers to hospitals. I do that 2 days a week, and that takes gas.
- I donate to the teacher's union that I was a part of.
- I also donate to a local Socialist Workers Party office in my city. And regularly donate to their main org as well. I also started and maintain SWP comms here on Lemmy.
- I also keep up a spare room in my house for friends (or friends of friends) that need a quick place to stay in order to get back on their feet for whatever life throws at them.
I don't have a lot of extra, but what I have goes to those projects.
Now list what you do, friend. Because I bet you earn way more money than I do.
Right?! Thanks, friend! :)