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The point is to keep a rolling discussion. If people see something enough it enters the zeitgeist. As demonstrated when I introduced some nuanced memes to the meme community's and was immediately banned.
The troll farms know how to control the discussion and lemmy is just another the_donald but now they let past the filter some discussion because they need an audience before they can subjugate them.
Then shitposts banned me because I was "spaming" but it was all original content designed to be just as provocative as any other meme. Even more so with the response i got.
When told to slow down on the posting (after I asked if I could diversify my accounts to make it look like it was coming from unique sources) i posted one final meme 30 mins later. And that was spamming.
They don’t want to be disagreed with here. This is what happens when you allow teenagers to moderate communities.
It's what happens when you let insular communities control the dicussion.
I challenged the mod that banned me- told them that the mod logs show their bias…. and I was told to get “anger management.” ROFL!
Well you wouldn't like the answer of, "I'm curating specific content and you don't fit the scheme."
You sir are guilty of "wrong think"