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I think some mods are a bit too happy to use their mod tools. I've seen opinions get moderated away because they anger people, not because they are wrong.
A mature society is able to discuss things without banning opinions they don't agree with.
I haven't really seen that ... maybe I'm just in a way "biased" because I do have some comments that meet the "your opinion is clearly highly controversial in this room" threshold but I generally keep my composure.
There are definitely a few times where the other person has made it personal and it's been difficult to not retaliate in kind.
lemmy.ml is not as nearly as bad now, lemmy.world on the other hand...
Most users actually wants Lemmy.world to have harch moderation, because they don't want to be exposed to things that upset them.
I think it's always like that. The big popular platforms are always heavily moderated. And most people are happy with it.
There are always smaller alternatives for others who feel comfortable reading things we don't agree with sometimes in exchange for nobody controlling the feed.
I'm a bit in between. There is a Swedish site called Flashback that is really good for finding out what actually happens. The media often gives one view and leaves out many details, and it's very fun to go read what actually happened on flashback afterwards.
I just mind that memes get deleted for no apprent reason... sometimes they give a reson, most of the time, they don't. I mean, come on, it's a joke...
But whatever. If people here are happy with what they get out of stricter moderation, hey, who am I to judge.