This is probably more of a Lemmy specific thing than what’s normal on this community, but I posted on a community from lemmy.ml and the mods there banned me from the community.

They didn’t remove my post or message me about it. I only found out because when I was going through replies, I couldn’t reply and I noted that my account is banned from that community.

I wasn’t saying anything untoward or encouraging anyone to do anything illegal or anything like that. It was a comment about systems of government. I don’t believe I put any emphasis on whether one was better than another, but the post was in a non-political community; so it should not lean one way or the other on the matter, and the post I was replying to introduced the political discussion, so I was on-topic.

The specifics aren’t super important. What I want to know is whether there’s a built-in system to inquire with the mods or something to try to get an official reply as to what rules they believe I had broken to deserve a ban, and whether that ban is permanent or not. I tried simply messaging one of the mods, but it’s been hours with no reply.

Is there any way to find the information? Previously on Reddit, I would almost always get a message from the subreddit about what happened, what violation caused it, and allowed me to message the mods to try to argue my case, though, me getting banned on that platform was quite rare. This is my first time knowingly being removed like this and I don’t understand the process here.

Can anyone enlighten me about how these things are supposed to work on Lemmy?

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I think there’s a few mods on .ml that misunderstood some of my posts and now have a grudge against me so they basically ban me on sight.

      Any explanations or anything I say about it after the fact, regardless of what I say, only serves to make them dislike me more. I don’t get it.

      The last time I even engaged with one of them, I looked at the profile and the person had a very religious profile. Instead of bothering to continue discussing with them, I blocked them. Bluntly, if you’re so deep into brainwashing that your entire personality is your religion, it’s probably not worth my time to talk to you.

      I have zero issue with people who are religious, right up until they preach at me, or try to impose their morality on others by law. You can believe, but don’t force everyone else to believe whatever you do.

      IDK. At this point I’m considering blocking pretty much every community on Lemmy.ml just to avoid the toxicity I’ve experienced there.

    • socsa@piefed.social
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      2 months ago

      They didn’t express a grade school level understanding of political science or below, which is a requirement for posting on Lemmy.ml