Is it just me, or are lots of mods just banning anyone with a dissenting opinion?

I like to be a bit contrarian, play devil’s advocate, stuff like that, so sometimes I know what I post isn’t going to jive with the community I’m posting in, but I think there’s value in that. It starts a discussion and it offers a different pov.

Maybe I’m wrong and stupid, and someone can reply and explain why. I think that would be a net benefit. But what happens instead is my post gets deleted and I get banned. :/

I genuinely think this is a real issue and it leads to echo chambers, but am curious to see what other ppl think? Am I just salty? :)

  • poVoq
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    115 hours ago

    I am pretty sure that toggle is currently broken and does nothing.

    • @[email protected]
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      15 hours ago

      I just checked and it does work for me just by visiting the site without logging in. It changes between “username” and “mod”

      • poVoq
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        115 hours ago

        Odd, it doesn’t work here on our instance.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 hours ago

          Could be because your instance is so big. I have a new instance with only a few users which is not federated.