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Mods and bans on Lemmy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is it just me, or are lots of mods just banning anyone with a dissenting opinion?

I like to be a bit contrarian, play devil's advocate, stuff like that, so sometimes I know what I post isn't going to jive with the community I'm posting in, but I think there's value in that. It starts a discussion and it offers a different pov.

Maybe I'm wrong and stupid, and someone can reply and explain why. I think that would be a net benefit. But what happens instead is my post gets deleted and I get banned. :/

I genuinely think this is a real issue and it leads to echo chambers, but am curious to see what other ppl think? Am I just salty? :)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just a note: you as an instance admin can see who did a moderation action, but this is not generally visible to other users. I personally don't mind this, but some moderators and instance admins consider this leaking of information that can lead to harassment. Might be better to not post screenshots like that.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you click modlog it gives you the search box and filters so anyone can search any user on that instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes but only moderation actions on specific users, it doesn't say who did the moderation action.

That is unless you are an instance admin. It used to be different, but this was relatively quietly changed a few releases back and many long term admins haven't realized that as for them it still looks the same as before.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a toggle on the current version.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure that toggle is currently broken and does nothing.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I just checked and it does work for me just by visiting the site without logging in. It changes between "username" and "mod"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Odd, it doesn't work here on our instance.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Could be because your instance is so big. I have a new instance with only a few users which is not federated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you as an instance admin can see who did a moderation action, but this is not generally visible to other users.

Eh? Since when is the modlog hidden from users? I can see the modlog on lemmy.world and I'm not an admin. I don't even have to be logged in.

https://lemmy.world/modlog

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Note how it only says "mod" and not the specific account name of the mod?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

When I'm logged in I see the mod's username.

edit: actually I see the mod names when logged into an app, but not directly via the web UI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, it is one of these features in Lemmy that are at best a speed bump and are pretty misleading to users similar to hiding who voted. I personally don't like that this is a feature as the main point of the mod log is transparency of moderation actions, but I know some other people disagree and not without reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

I just wish it would differentiate between mods and admins. And admins of which instance.