Check the modlog for proof, a discussion post about moving this instance to an instance that shan’t be named now got removed for “linking to instance featuring pedo content”.
Ironically that exact possibility was reason for the discussion in the first place so seeing it happen this quickly is a bit funny.
Not sure how best to go about linking to said instance since it seems to get your content removed. DM’s would be the only solution I guess but not sure if those are checked as well.
For context, I encourage people to check this discussion in the “join Lemmy” site github. Have in mind that both of the Lemmy developers in that discussion are also admins of the lemmy.ml instance, and they clearly disagree if the instance in question should be considered as “hosting CSAM” or not.
Yup, that was a bit of a shit show all around, made the rounds in the privacy communities as well and they were not pleased with the blatant censorship over there either. I guess stuff like this is why a lot of those people hang around dbzer0 now. To each interest an instance with fitting policies I guess.
The really sad part though is how it locks in users on lemmy.ml, you can’t even really link to a safe haven because doing so is already grounds to get the post/comment removed
Pretty happy with my instance. :)
Tbf though I don’t check the mod log.
Do you get a message if something happened with your post?
I saw that post yesterday. It’s true but it says “mods” for me:
Kinda crazy when its linked at the sidebar.
These actions are being taken by .ml
site admin Arthur Besse / cypherpunks. There’s nothing I can do as a mere community mod ^^
I can see that you downvoted besse’s comment asking for volunteers with three different accounts of yours. This downvote manipulation viewer is already proving useful.
this comment was deleted by someone else for disclosing the identity behind a mod action, but since it was my identity being revealed i am choosing to reply to it.
These actions are being taken by .ml site admin Arthur Besse / cypherpunks. There’s nothing I can do as a mere community mod ^^
As a moderator, you could and imo definitely should remove the links to that instance from the sidebar, and in their place put a note mentioning that sexualized drawings of children are not allowed here. I’m not really into anime but I have enjoyed some and I would rather that we could have a community for it here than not. But, that requires moderators who are willing to delete things like that (not to mention not link to it themselves).
Any volunteers?
ml admins hate anime and don’t want it on their instance. Simple as that.
I mean yeah, that’s why the talk about moving the stragglers was even brought up. Keeping this anime community is neither in the best interest of the .ml admins nor in the best interest of the community.
Its really unfortunate that the ml admins are the way they are. Too bad there cant be a mass mod message sent as a DM to subscribers telling them where to move to. That make sit tedious and can make those left behind feel lost. But I guess if enough move over and the anime community that is more social than this one gets bigger maybe itll be easier to find? Who knows.
I was only here because it was the first search result a while back.
Can’t you pin a message in a board so if members would be informed if they choose to investigate why theres no content?
To add a bit more opinion: If you have an account on lemmy.ml itself and read/comment in either the Anime or Manga community I urgently recommend you migrate to a different instance. As far as I can tell the instance we shan’t name here anymore for fear of admin abuse is still visible on join-lemmy.org after widespread complaints that removing an instance from there based on admin opinion alone is not exactly nice.
Best way to tell you how to find it is go to join-lemmy.org and look for an obviously anime themed instance in the “Art” category. Not sure if just saying that is grounds for removal though, depends on how trigger happy the admins here are.
I just moved to lemm.ee from lemmy.ml because I was tired of the .ml admins constantly removing any minor criticism of BRICS-allied countries for “xenophobia”. I think it would be a good idea to abandon the instance altogether, especially for topics such as world news.
Pretty weird move to develop a social media platform with a transparent modlog and still partake in censorship on your own instance.