You may have noticed a distinct lack of return2ozma. This is due to their admitting, in a public comment, that their engagement here is in bad faith:

I’m sure there will be questions, let me see if I can address the most obvious ones:

  1. Can I still post negative stuff about Biden?

Absolutely! We have zero interest in running an echo chamber. However, if ALL you’re posting is negative, you may want to re-think your priorities. You get out of the world what you put into it and all that.

  1. Why now?

Presumption of innocence. It may be my own fault, but I do try to think the best of people, and even though they were posting negative articles, they weren’t necessarily WRONG. Biden’s poll numbers, particularly in minority demographics ARE in the shitter. They are starting to get better, but he still has a hell of a hill to climb.

  1. Why a 30 day temp ban and not a permanent ban?

The articles return2ozma shared weren’t bad, faked, or from some wing-nut bias site like “beforeitsnews.com”, they were legitimate articles from established and respected news agencies, pointing out the valid problems Biden faces.

The problem was ONLY posting the negatives, over and over and then openly admitting that dishonest enagement is their purpose.

Had they all been bullshit articles? It would not have taken anywhere near this much time to lay the ban and it would have been permanent.

30 days seems enough time for them to re-think their strategery and come back to engage honestly.

tl;dr - https://youtu.be/C6BYzLIqKB8#t=7s

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    11·
    6 months ago

    I am interested in the fact that as of this moment, the pro-ozma speakers in this thread come from:

    And the anti-ozma speakers come from:

    It is very interesting to me that each individual one of the pro-ozma speakers comes from a different instance, with no repetition. Could be a coincidence of course, but looking over the two lists it’s hard not to notice a clear disparity. And, as a pure hypothetical, it would make it very difficult for any individual admin to detect a duplication of IP address between any two of the accounts. And there’s no lemmy.world. Purely hypothetically speaking of course.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      6 months ago

      It’s likely a coincidence.

      I blocked Ozma months ago, because seeing his posts did not spark joy and blocking him has improved my experience on Lemmy, and generally I think this is a good moderator decision. But I hadn’t commented because I mostly agree with the temporary ban and I wasn’t seeing his posts anyway.

    • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
      7·
      6 months ago

      I was kbin.social before this until they got unstable.

      Might want to add that one.

      But please, go through my history and continue to call me an alt

      • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
        9·
        6 months ago

        I didn’t say you were an alt; I said the first list looks way way different than the second list.

        In the interval while I was typing, a couple of other pro-ozma people from lemmy.world chimed in. But I’m gonna leave it. That’s how it looked when I checked, and the way it looked when I checked is pretty weird.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          6 months ago

          That’s how it looked when I checked, and the way it looked when I checked is pretty weird.

          Must be a conspiracy.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I would find this constant paranoid suspicion of yours more amusing if it weren’t so condescending toward people who do not share your worldview.