When instances become instruments of propaganda for Putin/Xi/Kim and ban people who expose such propaganda, they fully deserve to be blocked. They’ve become instruments of the enemies of civil society.

It’s the moderation practices of those instances that put them in the corner of “sectarian shit”. The rest of us don’t need to tolerate such toxicity.

Oh, the Tankie Triad is free to moderate as they wish too. And other instances are free to block them. And I am free to warn unsuspecting newcomers.

The example I referenced is https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&modId=26&userId=9458793

But the problem is that it’s not an isolated case. You do need to take into account that this is regular practice, as shown in the multitude of cases.

Anyway, either you look into it, and find, like I did, that they are unreasonable and toxic, or you don’t.

Unreasonable moderation (e.g. bans for warning against romanticising the Soviet Union and Stalin) happens on lemmy.ml too. Please have a look at the link I posted in my previous comment.

I’m fine with differing opinions, if done in good faith. I’m not fine with people being nasty (personal attacks, name-calling) and mods being extremely biased (e.g. banning people for criticising Russia, China, North-Korea). I don’t need such toxicity in my life.

While your particular issues is solved, you should be aware that lemmy.ml is one instance of the Tankie Triad, which many other instances have blocked. Unless you like living in tankieland, I would suggest you make an account somewhere else.

Any encyclopedia will reflect the biases of its editors. The best you can do is to have good procedures and fact-checkers.

Relevant discussion: https://lemmy.world/post/186554