Mod censored nothing yet but locked a thread that informed the zerowaste community that charities have recently started rejecting pre-spychip hardware, and as a consequence the hardware is being destroyed. This is not just any e-waste. It’s hardware that is irreplaceable because no consumer-grade chipmakers are currently making spychip-free processors anymore.
I don’t give a shit that the thread was locked. The abuse of power is in deciding for everyone to ban future posts about e-waste (and prevention thereof) w.r.t pre-spychips – a limited resource. It’s anti-thetical to the zerowaste mission of the community.
Note as well that no sidebar rule was created. So looks like it will be a kind of non-transparent selective enforcement. When mods have undisclosed rules, it’s a red flag for shananigans. People should know what rules are in play. It’s part of making a decision on whether a community is true to its superficial values.
I have to say I don’t consider myself a victim here. I’m not bothered that the thread was locked (ref: 4th sentence).
The zerowaste community is the victim. The zerowaste moderator intends to quietly block collaboration on preventing e-waste of hardware that respects people’s freedom, which is no longer produced.
Breadsmasher’s reading comprehension problem (or intellectual dishonesty) led to framing me as a self-perceived “victim” (a strawman of sorts) in order to make way for a giant red herring (for what b/s later unwittingly reveals serves their motivation for posting: to have a competition). It seems to have worked. The audience mostly fell for it. We don’t seem to have the deepest of critical thinkers here.