u/LeninMeowMeow moderates a large amount of big subreddits, r/therightcantmeme, r/gamingcirclejerk, r/animememes, r/greenandpleasent (a known russian propaganda subreddit source: Center for European Policy Analysis (think Lemmygrad)) and much more.
Anyways on r/lemmy, he says that lemmy.world is right-wing and thatcherite. I reply that it is more social democratic.
I instantly get banned from the subreddits he moderates and blocked by him. I have not commented or participated in any of their subreddits before, and this is my first ever encounter with them.
Weird and concerning behaviour. I fear that tankies are taking over most left wing spaces on reddit (not that I really use reddit for politics anymore, that’s why I’m on lemmy, but for the implications to our democracies, as a non-negligible chunk of voters are politically influenced by reddit).
Reddit? Pay their mods?!
No but I agree. It’s very sus to say the right has taken over Lemmy, and then laude lemmy.ml and hexbear for their left wing positions.
Like yeah they’re… Left wing… All the way oof the cliff, denying Tiananmen Square and trying to get actual social democrats to join sketchy Chinese communist parties.
This mods take on Lemmy is either paid for or he’s a tankie.
There was also a controversy over on r/redditalternatives with recommendations for Lemmy being taken down
I’ll see if I can find the thread sometime
Now it’s much better, Lemmy is mentioned every other day