I tend to browse /All and by New on Lemmy. I went to respond on a thread on [email protected] to thank someone for a recipe that looked good, and found out I had been banned.

Odd, considering I hadn’t posted to that sub at any point in the past. I checked the modlog to find that “Mod” had banned a bunch of people citing “Rule 5.”

Their Rule 5 states: Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future (see current stickied discussion).

I (and hundreds of others) seemingly broke rule 5 of this community without ever posting there. What is going on?

And my apologies if this isn’t the place for this, but I had no idea where else to post the question.

  • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
    -11•2 months ago

    A big portion of the Vegan posting appears to just be memes complaining about having the same old argument with non-vegans every time they step outside the community. And, tbh, it does seem like every non-vegan sub wants to have these exact same tired arguments with people ad nauseam.

    So, idk. Maybe that’s why there’s a bannnig spree going on. They’re just picking out people who are known trolls and tagging them preemptively.

    • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
      16•2 months ago

      But I’m very much not a troll, nor was there any interaction?

      • magnetosphere
        2•2 months ago

        Yeah. That’s the weird part. Were you trash talking vegans somewhere else, where a mod may have seen? I don’t think a ban in that case is fair, but it’s the only reason I can think of.

        • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
          9•2 months ago

          Nope. I haven’t spoken to or about vegans or veganism for months since my Community had a discussion thread many months ago on it.

    • @dohpaz42English
      12•2 months ago

      So like Minority Report, but for veganism.

      • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
        -8•2 months ago

        Less being a precog and more just noticing all the crimes you’re committing in other subs.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•2 months ago

      I saw one vegan person call it meatsplaining. Funniest and dumbest new word I’ve heard in a long time

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 months ago

        Yeah, there has been a wave of horrid memes on that topic, recently. I don’t give a fuck about vegans or their supposed oppressors or any associated drama. Just make decent memes and then everyone can have a giggle.