Moderator of /c/[email protected] /u/[email protected] deleted a comment solely because it expressed an opinion they disagreed with, despite multiple other commenters jumping in to say they felt the comment was appropriate, even if they disagreed with its contents.

https://lemmy.world/comment/18341906

Removed Comment Unpopular opinion maybe but they're right. Increasing density without also reducing dependence on car ownership just increases the vacancy rate or makes people leave the cars they need in places that make it everyone's problem. Increasing housing density always needs to be done in conjunction with improving infrastructure to support that increased density (improved walkability, mixed use properties, upgrading transit, bike lanes, whatever) or everyone loses. by osaerisxero @kbin.melroy.org reason: Rule 1, misinformation

Note that Rule 1 of the community doesn’t even mention anything about misinformation. and in fact explicitly encourages being civil when faced with opposing opinions:

Rules 1. Be Civil You may not agree on ideas, but please do not be needlessly rude or insulting to other people in this community.

  • grue
    15·
    11 months ago

    1. Yes, report them to me. I’m the mod being complained about.

    2. Nobody got banned; a comment was removed and no other action was taken.

    3. OP isn’t the person who wrote the removed comment.

    • Windex007
      81·
      11 months ago

      Removing comments like this is exactly how you curate an echo chamber, and echo chambers are breeding grounds for “everyone else is a new slur”.

      You’re actively manufacturing something pretty gross, which is really unfortunate because of how objectively awesome the concept is.