Will it be effective?
Spoiler
No, it was not very effective.
EDIT: The banning event continues. Please consult the modlog to observe.
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&modId=7121342
If you scroll down to about a day ago, you might be able to observe an emerging behavior from this mod.
EDIT 2: The mod in question moderates a total of 108 Lemmy communities. How deep does this conspiracy run? Is this mod a lost Redditor? More to come!
EDIT 3: The mod has now removed my comment all together, one might assume because it was still receiving upvotes in the 2 hours following my ban. Are there similarities here to Watergate? You be the judge!
EDIT 4: The mod in question has now been removed as a mod of the [email protected] community, as a result of their abuse of power.
https://lemmy.world/post/19731457
This was their response:
EDIT 5: This will be my final update, since as far as I see it, the issue this thread focuses on has been resolved. To quote Beaver herself in a very ironic comment she made directed towards someone else:
Clearly this was all just a case of...
They are probably trying to identify people who would rather downvote or post cheeky comments (see OP) rather than block the community, or not interact with it
Most people only interact with votes; not comments. If the rule is “No downvoting” make it an official rule and stop banning people under the pretense of breaking rule 5.
With the current thread on [email protected] how "communities should allow everyone to interact if they are not private", the likelihood of someone else creating the same thread as this one with "look at those authoritarian mods who ban everyone" is quite high
You mean this?
https://lemmy.ca/post/28856687
Oh shoot, so the mod in question (of this thread) has since been removed as a moderator?
I've edited the main post to reflect this development, thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Yes. Several others as well:
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModAddCommunity&modId=9185234
ETA: In case you haven’t already seen it:
https://lemmy.world/post/19731457
No, this: https://lemmy.world/post/19664520
[email protected]
I meant the thread you were predicting 😅