The peoples girlfriend

No, that’s my girlfriend

Reddit is publicly traded so its moderation has become intrinsically tied to politics. The many capitalists who own stake in it have political interests and this is just a manifestation of that unfortunately. Can’t even say luigi there anymore

The motives behind the actions of these groups are vastly different though. A corporation silencing anti-establishment speech is not equivalent to lemmy moderators abusing authority in their micro-feifdoms. Still frustrating of course but the reasons and effects are quite different