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That would be perfectly in line with their past behavior.

Already 60% of the goal reached, with 28 days to go. 😩

We don't know one way or another. Even if it misleads some people, that needs to be called out. The clearly defined criteria are displayed to many of those who join, yet they're being put aside to essentially make up evidence and then turn to the really questionable definition of what is Russian that would also cover the likes of Telegram (reportedly used by 75% of Ukrainians), Google and so on, as rightly noted by someone in the group comments. They could have gone with that definition from the start, not baited and switched.

They aren’t calling for people to mount heads on spikes or review bomb, as far as I can tell.

In the context of the article, it's not about the consequence - obviously, nobody's getting burned at the stake - but about the how: the finger-pointing based on vibes or accusations of something done by another person.

On the one hand, I don’t want to tell Ukrainian folks how to spend their money with respect to Russia.

In that case, just look at how the Ukrainian users of the group are reacting. The number of users to have voiced their disagreement already exceeds that of the admins.

How would it help if they're in Russia? The government would just take it for themselves.

Its use by neo-Nazis is well-documented. Perhaps it's not a 100% sure sign on its own, as accurately noted by the ADL, but combined with the Black Sun, there's no other interpretation.

OK, but what's with the article author sporting the Black Sun shirt and Thor's hammer necklace so beloved by Nazis?

Fair enough! It's a long read even with the existing posts in place.

Nice! Also of note may be the comments by the main Lemmy developer Dessalines, and by the lemmy.dbzer0.com owner. Perhaps in brackets after the "future" post, unless individual comments by notable people are out of scope.

It may be worth adding the new "Proposal for a weekly AskVegans sticky post" from !vegan@lemmy.world, as it says there's a new moderator and implies that the community is not getting locked. The new lemmy.zip server update also dedicated a paragraph to the "fediverse moderation issues/drama", with the admin in the comments confirming it's in reference to the "vegan thread".

So how do you start or join a secret chat on Windows?

The story of his persecution by the Russian government reiterated throughout the article was exposed to be a total lie last month. He secretly traveled to Russia over the years, including just before Telegram was unblocked in Russia. Everything points to his secret cooperation with the government.