this post was submitted on 09 Dec 2024
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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Okay, that listed reason is so five-year-old-on-a-sugar-high that I ain't even mad. Like, it goes beyond power tripping into comedy via absurdity.
However, if you're running around playing playground monitor, I can't say I blame them. Report abuse is a thing, and depending on how far you're taking it, it could well be absurdist as well
I'll be honest 'libbity lib lib' has now made me laugh multiple times while scrolling.
Almost sounds like Mary Poppins
Obviously I didn’t keep count but I can’t have made more than maybe 1-3 reports in the last day? Believe me I hear you though! That’s why I was so apologetic to him and reached out before posting here. I hate to he a nuisance and genuinely just try to help people out haha.
That's not much, imo. Certainly not nuisance or troll levels at all. Hell, I don't think I would even notice that many considering that word of mouth has most instances generating at least dozens of reports a day. Not that word of mouth is exactly reliable, but as a rough guesstimate of things, someone making good faith reports at that frequency is nothing.
For damn sure it would merit a "bugger off" before even a temp ban
I invite anyone reading this comment to time themselves on how long it takes to DM me “chill with the reports or ban” and report back
Seconds.
I've had a mod DM me in reply to a report exactly once (and they replied to my reply, so maybe twice). It's not difficult for them.
I have had mods do it probably half a dozen times from various communities. A couple were to say thanks, some were to ask for clarification on why I reported. One instance I was reporting every single abusive comment of a user who had gone under the radar for weeks and they were just like “yo you can stop reporting we are working on it.” 😅
All of those times I was grateful for the open and candid communication.