I know it’s obvious for many people on Lemmy, but remember that in some case, when sharing a link, there is a a “Source ID” tag shared with which may content your customer number, great for the Guardian to know who shares what were, but it gives a way to identify you.
I always share without using variables. The links are also here in this thread.
You should add which community your tried to post to.
It was in Technology, both times. And both times it was a Guardian commentary on tech topics.
In this community rule 2 is “only tech related news orarticles”, not “no doxing”. So it’s likely related to the content of the articles in question, not the source.
That makes it even more baffling. Both times it was explicitly on tech:
3 days ago: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/defund-elon-musk
~~https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/28/ai-climate-crisis-humanity~~
Your second post seems to be there: https://lemmy.world/post/53829743 – so whatever issue you’re running into probably isn’t due to The Guardian.
Checking modlog it looks like it was actually your Musk post that was removed?
You could try messaging the mods and ask for clarification (maybe they think its more fitting for politics than tech or something like that?) – or just post your articles in a different community instead. 🤷️
Sorry, this one is missing: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/defund-elon-musk
Given that this has only happened twice so far, and exclusively with The Guardian, it would seem to be at least an indication of this.
What I mean is: your other post goes to The Guardian, so I don’t think it’s a blanket ban.
@technopagan@lemmy.world – FYI you’ve got a confused user here from your community. Pinging you since you seem to be the only mod there who’s posted anything even somewhat recently. Can you shed some light on the moderation policy for them? Thanks.
My 2c would be they are opinion articles not actually news stories.
If that is the problem, AutoMod would have to delete an estimated 50% of all links in Technology.
Or is it a simple trigger that reacts to »comment« or »opinion« in URI, title, or text?
I’ll shorten the URIs soon so that this can be ruled out as a variable.
This post is violating Rule 5 of this community.
