Anyone who is offended by these needs to calm down and remember that it’s ok to not take everything so seriously.
None of these are hateful in any way. The one about mods definitely has some targeted sass to it, but that’s pretty light.
I align with the majority of the politics of “reddit left”, but I also have a sense of humor, so I don’t claim the pearl-clutchers.
It doesn’t even have to be a touchy subject.
I’ve seen plenty of complaints about lemmy.ml being the worst offender for this, removing stuff that is so innocuous that you could show your grandmother at church, because someone in charge found a contorted way to be offended by it. (or worse, because it was critical of China or something)
I think users will ultimately find the path of least resistance, and the least heavy-handed instances will have a healthier growth.
It’s the only redeemable soda.
These are just the basics too.
I’m with you. I read an article about how people have started to self-censor way more, and it leads to weird behavior like this.
Thank god. I’ve been annoyed by their toxic nonsense.
This is like when the one insufferable dude at a party leaves on his own, and now the host doesn’t have to say something.
Am I missing something? The community you linked only has one post.
I’ve noticed the user you’ve mentioned reposting some of my greentext posts to similar communities on different instances (and vis versa), but that seems harmless. Maybe even a needed service.