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Re:Lemmy: A Federated Reddit Alternative by fleddr on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @05:54PM (#33616354)
This analogy in part breaks down because in the digital space, such "bans" don't require any substance.

If in the physical space you'd ban somebody from ever joining your meeting or neighborhood again, you need to have some type of probable cause. Something really bad must have happened.

Meanwhile in the digital space: banned for life because your comment was too long. Don't believe me? Watch:

https://lemmy.ml/modlog

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Re:Lemmy: A Federated Reddit Alternative by barbazoo on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @08:32PM (#33617722)
If people aren't happy with how their instance's admin behaves (e.g. "banning" users or removing ties to a particular server), they'll leave the instance. There is no single entity that's in control anymore.
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