Yeah. Like someone else said, they probably saw you somewhere saying something totally different (e.g. “Palestinians have rights”, I dunno) and they got mad and did the repeated ban thing.

I really only notice when I see a community I can’t vote on. Then I click on it and see I’ve been banned. So I just shrug and block the community.

There are a lot of really divisive issues on the Fediverse. It seems like if you’re opposed to genocide, the pro-Israel users will ban you, but support Israel (even outside the genocide) or Judaism and pro-Palestinians may not like it. And while a lot of people on the Fediverse support LGBTQ+ rights, a lot of people will actually block/ban you for supporting them as well. You’d think that would be limited to MAGAt comms, but people like that are everywhere.

I think my most recent ban was for comparing what Chris Brown did (beat the shit out of Rihanna) to what Jared Leto is accused of/did (grooming teenage girls). I said they were both shitty behaviour. Someone said no, it’s nowhere near on the same level. Like I’m so fond of saying, “sometimes the trash takes itself out.” I’ll block people for being vile and ugly about things like human rights if they do it a lot or push it on me. You gotta curate your own experience. I don’t really mind being banned, usually it means the person and I weren’t going to agree anyway, so it saves us future conflict. And again, the trash may be taking itself out. You’re responsible for your own mental health on the Internet. Sometimes you have to hit block. Sometimes the toxic person does it for you.

I know you said you don’t want anything done. Neither do I. So I’m just saying, these things happen, people can be petty, but we move on, and as we find our people online, those who would block us for disagreeing with them are just not important to our experiences. It’s nice and ideal to get along despite our differences, but some people can’t see past their own opinions. And mod powers tend to come with fragile egos. I mod one comm and pray I never have to ban anybody from it. I’d hate to have to defend myself in this comm. They say to act in a way that would not get you judged by your betters. Sometimes it’s unavoidable. I try to do/be right, but sometimes I can be an asshole. Hey, nobody’s perfect. I think most of us are just trying our best, though.