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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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[–] 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 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] GrumpyDuckling 1 points 23 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.