Nah you're overthinking it. Grab a beginner friendly distro like Mint and just start using it. All this is fanboy talk that can be interesting but doesn't affect 99% of users.
No, you're not misunderstanding anything. The communities were banned by lemmy.world, specifically @MrKaplan@lemmy.world, one of the new admins. At a guess he probably took action on his own without realising the consequences.
The ban was initiated by lemmy.world, how is this the wrong instance?
An aide with the Biden Harris campaign said the individuals were among a group of people that weren’t allowed to attend the event because they had previously disrupted and shut down events with Democratic elected officials.
Seeing as there's been no denial, I'm guessing this is the truth.
Turning every landfill into a fission reactor is certainly one way to fix the landfill issue
I believe in the tolerance social contract. You deserve rights so long as you respect the rights of others. Kiwi farms has absolutely no respect for anybody's rights, and hence does not deserve any themselves.
Can we not have the hundred identical stupid jokes in the comment section like we did in reddit?
For those who dislike YouTube / videos:
https://www.hackingbutlegal.com/p/naomi-wu-and-the-silence-that-speaks-volumes
I was, till lemmy got some decent mobile apps
OP's point stands. If that's the case, be specific about it. Have a rule saying no drugs. Otherwise rule 1 is just a vague excuse to ban anything and everything
If I hadn't left yet, this would prompt me to leave
I've been banned from .ml for being a 'racist' for being anti-Xi, despite the fact that I am Chinese, and pointed out my ethnicity as such in the discussion. I guess antisemitic Jews aren't the only weird accusation getting thrown about nowadays.