Fair points! And that’s where I’m at on it. If someone is gonna accuse me, then show me the link where I said something attacking or whatever.

After I see the link, I have a better idea of why they are thinking something and I can either explain myself or realize my mistake, or agree to disagree.

But just dropping the comic when I’m asking for proof, seems absurd to me. If they wanna drop the comic in their comment with the link, cool, but at least I need to know what specific instance they are referring to.

Thank you!

Thank you! Because online we can just block someone. I was beginning to think I was crazy on thinking people were overusing it. So thanks, friend!

Yeah, I didn’t know who he was until recently. I was falsely accused of being an alt of him a few times. They would just reply with “linkerbaan.” But I thought it was some Swedish word for “ban” and they were saying I should be banned. lmao

After looking him up today, I see that he would go way overboard on the attacks. So I don’t even see how anyone would compare him to me.

Even seeing that, I don’t think he should have got banned from whole instance, seems to me community bans would be enough, but I’m sure he’ll just alt up and come back on anyway. He seems, um, determined. lol

Ok, I didn’t add onto my previous reply, because wasn’t sure if you have seen it or not.

So in another thread, someone is accusing me of sealioning right now. But I don’t think this is the proper use of it. This doesn’t seem to be what it is. I’m literally asking someone for proof of an accusation. And they aren’t giving it and I get this cartoon instead.

So are people just gonna say ‘sealioning’ anytime someone asks for proof or links now?!

Seems a misuse of the term as I know it. https://lemmy.world/comment/12941934

So I am reading it, and I guess I am dull, but the description sounds like just “trolling” would work. And I look at the cartoon, and I don’t see the sea lion as being ingenious. I mean, the dude brought it up, the sea lion is calling him out on it.

So the fact I don’t get it, even after the toon, explains how I got in trouble for sealioning because the comic doesn’t seem like the seal is the bad guy. But the description is just trolling. So I don’t know the reason for the new term. I think trolling suffices.

EDIT: Fuck. Now everyone is going to think I’m sealioning because of this comment, aren’t they? lol sigh…

Communities should not be overly moderated in order to enforce a specific narrative.

Agreed. That’s exactly what is killing Reddit. They ban/permaban so many people just for disagreeing with them.

Great points. Many Lemmy users think I’m a troll, because I have advocated for third parties in this year’s election. And well, I get accused of being a “russian bot” a lot too. lol

They say I post in bad faith. But I actually voted third party (socialist) and sent in my ballot this past weekend, I created and mod two socialist communities, and most of my posts skew socialist topics.

So if I believe what I am saying and posting, am I really arguing in bad faith or trolling just because the majority of Lemmy doesn’t agree with me?!

Is it really “bad faith” just because Lemmy tried, yet didn’t change my mind?

So many lately are quick to shout “Troll!” or “Sealioning” when it’s really just because the comment or post is an opinion not shared by a majority here.

In my opinion, what makes Lemmy better that Reddit (so far!), is that it’s NOT an echo chamber.

For the record, I had some comments removed for “sealioning” and I legit had never heard the term before Lemmy and I had to look it up to even understand it. And I’m still not sure what it has to do with sealion or why that term was chosen.

In fact, me saying I didn’t understand it, was the very comment that got removed for sealioning. lmao