Some arguments in the thread was that this was some bullshit rumour that was started by neo-nazi admins of dbzer0.com or from some .ml instances.
It’s easy to point fingers and make up rumours, but this is a genuine concern. Whether it’s at lemmy.world or dbzer0.com or anywhere else.
This is the responsibility of the communities to call these people out. Whether they are neo-nazis or zionists, it doesn’t matter. They should not be moderating any instances.
Finally, if there is any real proof of this, can people share it here? Like posts, comments, modlogs?
Can you answer the question with Yes or No? If so, then it’s not an open-ended question.
That’s a stupid description. “Would you pull the lever if X is tied to trolley track a and y is tied to trolley track b?” is one of the most famous thought provoking questions, and it can be answered with a yes or no. Your definition is totally wrong and just ad hoc to dismiss this question. It is not the reality.
Notably, this is not part of the community’s rules. If this were a reasonable definition, it would be. Good luck trying to enforce it.
“A Fediverse community for open-ended thought provoking questions”
(my emphasis)
It’s literally the first sentence on the side bar for that community.
“An open-ended question is a questionthat cannot be answered with a “yes” or “no” response, or with a static response. Open-ended questions are phrased as a statement which requires a longer answer.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-ended_question
Looking at the community, the rule is not enforced. There are other not open-ended questions up and doing fine. At best, assuming this is intended to be enforced, it’s being enforced selectively.
Assuming you’re being perfectly honest and fair, this rule should be changed. Questions that require elaboration from “yes/no” should be (and are seemingly) allowed. Sure, questions that can only be answered with a “yes/no” aren’t providing a discussion. The trolley problem, for example, can be answered with a yes or no, but invites people to expand on why.
Inb4 someone says you’re a Zionist.
Why? What are they saying that would cause that?
Edit: wow that modlog, Jesus. https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/modlog?userId=9312352
Only 3 bans in there, and I think one of them was lifted. Most of the removed comments were sarcastic.
“Haha no I’m just ironic in my hate speech guys”
Let’s take “The Jews are behind everything!”
That was my response to this comment:
I was mocking what the other guy was saying (in my opinion). I was putting words in his mouth. I thought his trying to blame Israel was ludicrous and was probably driven by anti-Semitism under the guise of “I only hate Zionists.” We’re talking a lot about that today because it might turn out that some of the people doing that are neo-Nazis.
It’s kind of like you just tried to put words in my mouth to mock what I wrote.
The mod considered it might be sarcasm but decided against it. That’s fine. You can’t win them all.