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?
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.