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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:

  1. 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"?
  2. 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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[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't see who did it on the app i use (later checked, looks like _cryptagion), but i was almost immediately after i made this account banned from multiple communities¹ for being an 'anti ai troll'; somebody can check if it was our good mushroom here. Communities I don't think I'd posted in yet, just for not going down on that technology enthusiastically enough. There are no bots in my name, i have not harassed any users, and none of the excuses given here really applies. I even feel like i go much farther than average with good faith arguments when im not doing a bit, deep in sarcasm, or surrounded by libs. So forgive me if i take most of the excuses provided by comrade mushroom here with a shit ton if salt.

It made me think less of the people who defend that dog shit, less of those communities, less of mods in general, and less of the server.

Brittle precious shit heads punitively controlling discourse, or trying to based on imagined sleights to their favorite toy, does not leave a good taste in ones mouth. It's a little troubling and substantially fucking embarrassing.

Edit:Maybe there's another version of this that's just proactive curation of the conversation you want to have. I haven't sern that, and doing it by discarding people so aggressively still rubs me the wrong way.