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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] 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 23 hours 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.