facts are uncivil now?
- Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
idk, lemmy.ml mod account
- What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
community ban, removed comments
- Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
above
- Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
above
- Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
it’s just pointing out that the soviet union was not a perfectly fair socialist democracy as they think it was, I’d appreciate an unban
When someone tries the sealioning trick, the correct response is always - “I think this would be more productive if you elucidate on why you feel this point needs further exploration.”
We had an academic who spent a lot of time sealioning in our department; this is how we dealt with him.
Maybe. At that point I’m usually just no longer interested in interacting. I suppose in academics it makes sense but I find any sort of competitive discussion on internet pretty pathetic. Especially when it’s about things like personally held beliefs, which is kind of a weird currency to be making bets with. And usually you’re not going to convince a random internet person to respect anything they don’t already hold by default because they are playing out a personal fantasy of some kind. “Changing my mind when presented with compelling info” isn’t really a fantasy master-debate bros really have.
Obviously there’s exceptions but most people aren’t online doing this “joust with me in front of a crowd” bit because they have the social skills to interact with strangers irl.