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TLDR?

There has been some drama here on midwest.social, and those troubled by it have made a sister community at !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com. I'm looking for your input on how to move forward.

Where have you been?

This started unfolding at the end of 2024, unfortunately along with a pretty scary decline in my partner's health, which has resulted in Lemmy taking a backseat in my life. This is ongoing, and highlights the immediate issue of !lotrmemes@midwest.social being largely unmoderated, which I'll address below.

What exactly happened?

It feels irresponsible for me to give my own take on something that happened in my absence, but here's a timeline as I understand it:

• Luigi shoots a CEO.
• User A comments something to the effect of "someone please kill this other person" on a midwest.social community.
• User B reports the comment.
• Admin at midwest.social bans User B for being a "Libbety lib lib."
• Users start moving away from midwest.social.
• A new LOTR Memes c