Clear censorship and bias of the admins and mods of .ml. As long as you’re saying things that align with the tankie mindset, it’s all good. @BrainInABox@lemmy.ml has gotten so bad lately that some of their comments have started to get removed, but no bans in sight when anybody (i.e. those not with the IN crowd) else would have gotten at a minimum a 30 day ban from multiple .ml comms had they even gotten close to the things Brain has been saying LONG ago.
That tells me they fully agree with what they’re saying, but are just doing damage control.
Source: https://lemmy.ml/post/27349723/17377211
Modlog: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=12943794
ETA:
After this post went live Brain did catch a ban for a whopping…24 hours lol talk about getting the “Kid Glove” treatment
Who said it was censorship free? They’re very pro censorship, in fact most people are, actually.
It’s a common trope amongst the big tankies “[Instance (usually .world or .ee)] is full of censorship and Reddit-like mods unlike us where you can be free!”
Yeah they complain when they’re censored, but love when they’re the ones censoring. Just try and say “free speech is good” literally anywhere on lemmy, you’ll be called a nazi. Same goes for most sites for most political leanings, even many that do claim they like free speech, post something anathema to their hivemind and you very well may be banned.
Very few actually want free speech, because it includes speech they think is bad and almost universally they think that should be shunned to make them more comfortable, that goes for tankies and nazis and everyone in between.
I’ve still never seen anyone claim them to be free speech advocates, especially not anyone that runs those instances. I have seen the users complain about being censored elsewhere though, to be fair, you’re definitely right about that.
What is censored on these instances? I haven’t seen much except against far right ideas. Not sure what they’re complaining about.