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Hello, so this isn't a post I'm thrilled to make this post but recently I had an encounter with a Feddit admin here on our instance who was promoting Zionist apologia by defending Feddit's moderation under the guise of the law. They ended up getting banned for that on lemmy.ml and they also got banned from that here under Golden Rule #8.

It also isn't the first time they've doubled down on apologizing for Zionism as part of their server policy, a while ago there was drama in their Europe community and also led to them being censured on Fediseer by a few other instances for it. Which they chose to double down and threaten defederation as retaliation.

In addition to these horrific moderation practices (which goes beyond following german law but includes actual Zionist apologia and dismissal of people calling this out as just "bigots" or "antisemites") there are a large amount of Zionist trolls in their userbase, and Feddit's admins have confirmed that they will not remove Zionist apologia from their instance all but confirming their instance is a Liberal Zionist safe space (despite saying otherwise that it isn't).

So I would like to ask the community if you have had any experiences with Zionist apologists on Feddit. It could be either moderation getting posts/comments remove, getting banned by a mod or admin there, or encounters with users there apologizing for Zionism and Zionist-friendly policy. Could even be just witnessing others do that. If you have do you have links or screenshots of it happening? It's okay if you don't. I look forward to hearing the community's experiences.


Disclaimer:I am well aware that Feddit has every right and ability to moderate their server how they want and by applicable law in their area. None of this changes whether or not they have apologized for Zionism. Their right or ownership of property doesn't legitimize or justify Zionist apologia, or change the nature of it. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should or that it is okay.

Warning:If you are a Feddit user it is not recommended you reply on your Feddit account as they can remove your comment or ban you from the instance.

Also if you are a Feddit user and you apologize for Zionism using laws or server ownership to justify it, you will be reported and likely instance banned under the golden rule #8. German Law does not and will not apply to dbzer0 or any of its users. Do not use it as a justification or argument.

If you feel you can't say what you want to say due to German law, keep your mouth shut or use an account not connected to you with good OP-sec. You have no valid excuse to apologize for Zionist policy here.

dbzer0 users are encouraged strongly to report violations of Golden Rule #8 in this thread.

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[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For a time I was pretty active on feddit, as it hosts the most active german speaking communities. The !dach@feddit.org community doesnt allow any posts about Palestine & Israel. As the moderation team takes a both sides / liberal zionism standpoint, they are unable to effectively moderate the discussions surrounding that topic. There is a com !nahost@feddit.org which hosts most posts/discussions about that currently, but I think its less active right now.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is this the announcement post? It seems pretty bad, they handled that poorly. Also it seems there is some activity in !nahost@feddit.org which is interesting. I also checked its modlog but couldn't find anything of value. Part of me feels like that sanitized Israel-Palestine community exists to deflect criticism of their Zionism elsewhere on the instance.

[–] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Part of me feels like that sanitized Israel-Palestine community exists to deflect criticism of their Zionism elsewhere on the instance.

I felt the mod and most active member of that community was doing lot of work innregards of information and education. I am pretty sure they did that on their own accord and bases on their own anti colonial / imperial beliefs.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah I don't exactly think they're a plant doing it disingenuously. They definitely mean well. It's just that Feddit as a server and community would likely rather it not exist, they just choose to let it because doing so allows them to use it to deflect criticism that they are censoring anti-Zionists and antifascists.

[–] azolus@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Part of me feels like that sanitized Israel-Palestine community exists to deflect criticism of their Zionism elsewhere on the instance.

I think that's partly true. I also think it also exists as a counterweight to soothe the internal conflict of liberal zionists; on one hand they are larping pro human rights etc., on the other hand they use authoritarian measures to shut down any discussion about the middle east that doesn't fit their "both-sides" milquetoast agenda. By creating a dedicated space they can 1.) banish the palestine conflict and the associated tension/injustice from their main communities by redirecting them to c/nah_ost where it can be safely ignored and 2.) they can save their liberal self-image by going "see, we allow for debate and dissenting opinions!".

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah I agree, it is likely also as a counterweight as well as a place to redirect people and discussions like that so they can be ignored while also pretending they don't censor these positions. I think that's what emopunker was talking about when they tried to argue that feddit doesn't suppress anti-zionism, when they actually do and very often.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago

I know that isn't exactly new, it happened a while ago. Although that was before we had Golden Rule #8, but what is new is that emopunker, a Feddit admin came here and whined about Anti-Zionism and created a bunch of drama and bullshit here and elsewhere.

I wanted to find out from people their own experiences with Feddit and if people are still having problems with them to this day.