I’ve been using it for a while, you’re right I was just told that. However I never seen politics discussed and there is a really strong community for like personal, polite conversation and support for things like arts and crafts and cooking. Until the wave of Americans started joining I never saw anything political at all literally ever and all of a sudden it became flooded it with Americans asking questions about China. The point stands is that you’re going into another space with norms, one of which one used to be no non Chinese politics being mentioned literally ever, and experienced their known moderation. This doesn’t seem weird to me, this seems in line. If I were a moderator I wouldn’t really believe you were there in good faith since you are American and you had previously heard they go out of their way to aggressively censor any political messaging and still chose a political figure for a name. My name on XHS is related to cats.

This is the insight, just because something isn’t specifically spelled out on the rules doesn’t mean it isn’t allowed. The thing that is prioritized above all else is Harmony. If you get moderated like this, not even banned, just take the L and move on.