It's so fucking weird. I'm accustomed enough to people on Lemmy SWEARING that they aren't allowed to talk about [thing which is only controversial to Fox News boomers] and "they" will delete it if you even try, that I assumed this was crap too, but it seems like it's true.
From the community rules:
R5: No posts about Democratic Socialists or Third Parties
- No posts about Democratic socialists
Apparently they use this to delete Bernie stuff.
WTF, why would people subject themselves to this
Honestly, to me it reads as a reason why Reddit and Lemmy both have a broken moderation model.
If I feel like posting a politics things where politics people can read it, and I am not (in the majority view of the readers) being a twatface about it, there is no earthly reason why some greasy-fingered negative Nelly should be empowered to control my ability to do so. Let alone set "rules" for what is or isn't allowed systematically. The whole thing is fuckin' stupid. It makes no difference from my point of view whether it be Tankies or establishment Democrats or whoever else privileged to put their thumb on the scales.