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Moderation policies vs enforcement of instance rules. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I was encouraged to create an governance thread for discussion dedicated to community focused around the db0 lemmy instance users. Please see the linked post for context. I decided to leave my original post for potential discussion including voices of outsiders.

In short, not to duplicate information - I'd like to ask our community the following questions:

Is the mod's behaviour of proactively banning users from moderated communities without clear violation in accordance to the instance rules, especially The Golden Rules, which call for "cooperative participation"?
If yes, what actions can be proposed to be taken next to alleviate the issue, not only with the two directly mentioned communities in the linked post, but also others that potentially fall a victim to this kind of mod misbehaviour?

It should also be appropriate to hear the stance of the involved moderators, why they do what they do, but obviously it is up to them to provide clarifications.

Thank you in advance, I love you all.

governance type: sense check

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[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I must be living in some bubble where people can have sane reasonable discussion even if they disagree.

Where is this bubble? I wanna be in that bubble!

[–] MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

~~In lemmyverse? This thread seems to be one? :) everyone looks to be respectful so far.~~

Other than that the communities I subscribe to…

it really caught me off guard when I saw comments directly attacking Mystic without even addressing the question, I was not prepared for this shit! Like if there was some history that I missed and I just relit an old flamewar or something

EDIT: yeah I just scrolled down… nevermind my first part of this message

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's so strange to me that I'm fairly hated and some people permaban me on sight, but then I see comments like, "Fuck you stupid alcoholic vodka baby. I bet you’re a russian troll, they love Vodka over there. Also quit pretending to be a woman no one buys this sympathy act that you’re “transgender” by a now just-banned member, @SlipperySlime838585@sh.itjust.works.

I'm floored. Who in their right mind makes fun of recovering alcoholics and mixes it with transphobia in the same fucking comment?

People act like I’m destroying Lemmy just because I post links to news articles they don’t like, meanwhile, there’s garbage like that being said all over the place?

Compared to the homophobic, transphobic, and flat-out hateful words I’ve seen on Lemmy lately, my posts are like reading preschool stories in a padded nursery while the rest of the site sets itself on fire and screams the most hateful slurs ever through a bullhorn.

This place is going down fast.

So yeah, I need to stay in your bubble. I thought I was doing that, but I gotta try harder.