Edit: The original image has now been confirmed to be doctored. https://sh.itjust.works/post/59327741
An account on Feddit.org is pushing a screenshot of a conspiracy theory that shows db0 is run by Nazis. Zero evidence is supplied except a link that mysteriously doesn't work. Of course Feddit.org is eating this up as all the proof they needed.
When arguing against that and how suspicious it is that a user was browsing this site at all to happen to discover a month old post that conveniently portrayed a plan by Nazis to take over the instances who defederated feddit.org for Zionism.
Knowing how important following German law is for Feddit.org, I inquired as to if libel was against the law. I was informed that it was and calling people Nazis was libel (i.e. exactly what the post they are hosting is doing).
I was than banned for apparently calling someone a Nazi? (I never did, you can see that below) yet in the modlog the actual reason given was bad-faith, because I did not blindly accept a easily falsified screenshot.
The admin in question is Emopunker@feddit@feddit.org
This evidence continues a history of bad-faith and outright lying by the administration at Feddit.org.
I will investigate reporting this to the German authorities, it is unacceptable that Feddit.org will call people Nazis with the full support of the administration staff.
As a non-db0 user I was disappointed with the decision to defederate with feddit. (Mostly because I want a more cooperative and open fediverse, being on lw the decision didn’t affect me)
This is just a sad reaction, trying to paint db0 as neonazi’s, which everyone saw right through immediately.
I’m shocked the original thread actually was archived though, figured it would be blocked by a sign in page or something and wouldn’t have actually been backed up by the wayback. Makes it even sadder that it was this easily disproven.