A ban evader is someone who creates alternate accounts to sneak back into communities or instances they’ve been banned from, just to continue posting.

I don’t do that.

I’ve kept the same username across different instances, and I avoid posting in communities where I’ve been banned. I do this for transparency—so everyone knows I’m not posting in places that I’m banned from.

And yes, I’m aware of that thread. In fact, I use a screenshot of it as my profile banner. Notice that the new instance admins didn’t ban me because they saw that I wasn’t ban evading.

For example: If you banned me from this community, I wouldn’t post here again, no matter what instance I’m using. I’m not a ban evader.

Moving to a different instance after being banned, and avoiding the banned instance, is NOT ban evading.

Lemmy values diversity of thought, and the whole point of the fediverse is that there’s no central authority that can just get rid of everyone they don’t like.

Thanks!