On my experience, 90% of the time there's more to the story than what people claim to be banned for. I'm not saying that 100% of that 90% of the time necessarily justifies the ban. But it usually changes the context significantly.
this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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Fair enough. Officially I was banned for making a post that violated the subs rules, which I never did. In reality I was banned because a mod didn't like my attitude. I made a post asking about union materials, but I noticed that the post never went up, so I sent a mod mail asking if there was something wrong with my post. What I got back was a snarky remark about the mods not being bots and they have to manually approve every post and how dare I ask that question again and waste their precious time. To my surprise I made a post about a year ago and it didn't get approved after 7 hours so I sent a similar inquiry. Naturally I had completely forgotten about this interaction, so I thank the mod for being petty enough to look it up and mention it. Basically a case of give snark get snark, and they didn't like it and decided to power trip. That's the whole story.
Thank you for being honest enough to admit your title is a lie.
Next time be honest from the beginning and don't lie in your title.
Did you read what wrote? I was permanently banned and my post was removed because they said it violated the sub's rules, which it didn't. That's officially why I was banned. I didn't lie about anything here.
I'd consider it a lie to say you were supposedly banned for violating a rule when you yourself acknowledged that you know that's not the reason you were banned.
You could have included a qualifier such as supposedly or ostensibly and then explained the full context up front.
Fair enough. Officially I was banned for violating the subs rules, which I never did. In reality I was banned because a mod didn't like my attitude. I made a post asking about union materials, but I noticed that the post never went up, so I sent a mod mail asking if there was something wrong with my post. What I got back was a snarky remark about the mods not being bots and they have to manually approve every post and how dare I ask that question again and waste their precious time. To my surprise I made a post about a year ago and it didn't get approved after 7 hours so I sent a similar inquiry. Naturally I had completely forgotten about this interaction, so I thank the mod for being petty enough to look it up and mention it. Basically a case of give snark get snark, and they didn't like it and decided to power trip. That's the whole story.
That's odd. Their own sidebar points to a Want to reform work? Start or join a union where you work. post, so your ban was perhaps not tied to your use of the U-word.
On that note, maybe it would have been more constructive to post your actual question here rather than a "I got banned" post.
Saying
If so, please ban me immediately.
Isn't gonna get you a good response anywhere, that kind of passive aggressive silliness is just off-putting.
Hi! I used to participate on /r/antiwork (and then /r/workreform after the Doreen incident), but never modded those subs. The only moderation experience I have on reddit was a few years ago, and I stepped down after the sub got past >25k subs because I just wasn’t interested in dealing with reports. I have no intention of becoming a “top mod” or whatever here, and I’m not that interested in admin/mod drama and shenanigans. Lemmy is a new start for many of us old-timey Redditors, and I created this community because I couldn’t find one that gels with my philosophy on work, and I believe it’s something that affects enough of us that we should talk about it.
If you believe in the stated goals of workreform (addressing wage inequality and capitalism, as opposed to abolishing labor altogether), you’re welcome to participate here. You'll be judged based on your behavior on lemmy and lemmy alone.
Also the modlog is open for everyone to see on lemmy - click on "modlog" at the bottom of the sidebar, near all the subscriber/active user statistics. Spoiler: I haven't banned anyone yet, and all i've done is remove one spam post (well, I removed it, accidentally restored it because I didn't know what I was doing, and then removed it again) :)
Hello. Thanks for replying. I'm happy to be here and I appreciate what you've done. I'm a diehard believer in the mission and philosophy. I was always more of a lurker on the sub than a contributor, but the message resonates strongly with me, and it was an important part of my daily feed.
I'm still finding my way around this platform, and learning the new jargon and culture, but I can see this replacing any need for Reddit. I'm definitely rooting for the platform and your community.
Why are you still on Reddit after a month?
Old habits die hard. I spent 9 years on Reddit.
Yea. It was hard deleting my account 356k karma hit the frontage 5x in 6 years
I can't support it anymore. Not just the company, but the entire site has gone to shit with bots and spammers flooding it and harassing people. I went those 9 years without really noticing a single bot or spammer, then suddenly over the last couple months it was like an explosion. I kind of hope it was retaliation from the users and an attempt to push people off the platform.
Welcome to Lemmy and the fediverse. I think you asked a valid question and should not have been banned for it. Maybe there was a grouchy mod that wanted you to google first would be my guess.
Welcome to the fediverse! I'm actively organizing a union and I love helping folks unionize their workplace as well. What was your question? I'd love to help
I don’t see how you can reconcile claiming to fight labor exploitation while at the same time giving away your labor for free to a billion dollar company.
Good point, and welcome!
And I got banned because some tool mod in AITA got upset when I made a username all_aita_mods_are_incels.
Sounds like a power trip response to an aggressive choice in username. You probably both deserved it.
I mean you're not wrong...my original response that got a 3 day suspension was definitely bullshit but I did pour gas in the fire.
Why would you care that much, especially that sub?
I got a site wide ban years ago for interacting in aita, saying someone wasn't the ah for something in which they were not the asshole. When I re rolled an account I just blocked aita so I didn't have a repeat.
That place was toxic as fuck anyway
That's what I should have done, but I was being petty....and so they were too.
Clearly an unjustified ban. :p
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