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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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I cannot repost what Flying Squid was posting here, because it involved highly disturbing and dangerous content, including:

Content WarningGraphic content, harassment, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, which I reported immediately.

While this behavior is shocking, it’s not completely out of left field, as members of this community and platform will already be familiar with their behavior. Flying Squid has long been regarded as one of the least productive and most problematic mods on all of Lemmy, often picking fights and abusing their mod privileges. I view this change as a positive step for Squid, .world, and Lemmy as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

If this post was about Flying Squid banning you then I'd get the relevance to this community. Otherwise it's just drama imo.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

There are enough posts complaining about FlyingSquid moderation here for this one to be relevant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

i disagree personally i think this post certainly falls under “bans or other sanctions from mods” as outlined in the sidebar

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Who was power tripping in this example?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

oops i wrote that comment in the wrong text box. copy pasting here:

your position is valid in that this is technically not an example of active power tripping. i personally think this community is more valuable as a historical resource with this kind of follow up content but i won’t say your opinion is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

BPR

But they didn’t act in moderation but as a user so the only actual mod action here is Jordan and it’s justified to remove that comment chain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. And while FS may have been a PTB in general, this isn't really an example of it, it's just sad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

edit: replied to wrong comment original conversation here

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

Because he'd been reported on here previously? Ok, I kind of get what you are saying, but it also feels a bit like rubbing salt in his wounds when he's obviously having a hard time. But it's just my sentimental opinion and I won't say you're wrong either lol.

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

you know what you changed my perspective. im gonna edit the title at least you are absolutely right i am being a little salt rubby here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

arr we're all a bit salty sometimes :p

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Looked up the modlogs. What the actual fuck.

That said, this whole episode and the comment deletions with the "we can't share this" reasons kinda show how Lemmy is better than Reddit in that modlogs are public.

I find it great that mods can't outright delete stuff, only hide it. It lets them do the job of cleaning up convos of spam and trolls without the unchecked power aspect to it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Am I crazy or is the modlog missing heaps?

I control-f for the 'I to complain?' part of the post above and don't see anything. Just trying to follow the argument is confusing as hell? It sounds like someone doxxed FS, and he got suicidal over it? I hope gets some help if he's seriously feeling like that.

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

Yeah, admins can purge stuff from the mod log. That comment seems to be completely gone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

that comment specifically was a link to a graphic image, so yes the admins certainly purged that. cc @[email protected]

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

Ah interesting, I’m curious as to what it was now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

i saw it XD here let me telepathy it to you bzzzzzt

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow that's fucked up, was the zebra consenting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 48 minutes ago

It's not really a black or white issue.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not celebrating, the guy is threatening suicide, and posting pictures of it. He needs to get off the Internet and seek help immediately.

I've messaged @[email protected] about it, I suggest you all do the same.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

Yes (Content Warning)
Unfortunately, this type of behavior, including threats of self-harm, is not uncommon on the internet and can sometimes be used as an emotional manipulation tactic. However, discussions of suicidal ideation are very sensitive and can be harmful if not handled carefully. Let’s focus on reporting this to the moderators while remaining careful and sensitive in how we address this topic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

Both of them are fucking insane. To devote this much energy to weirdos on the internet is deranged. They both need to devote their energy to better things, as evidenced by the fact that I had to press "show context" on their comment thread so many times I lost patience. I thought everyone on Lemmy was better than this. I dont care what the original cause of the disagreement was at this rate because EVERY step of the way, one of them couldve turned on do not disturb or gone to an alt account or SOMETHING. If either of you are seeing this, you can do better. Flying Squid specifically? Threatening suicide is the number one way to look immature (of every kind), especially over a stranger on the internet. Do. Better.

Edit: If someone could give a kind description of what the drama was even all about, I'd appreciate it. I can't bear to dig through either of their histories.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

I'm fine with looking at this stuff. It seems FS is having a mental health episode, and this is the result. It's not drama.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

And the sick thing is we have been CALLING THIS GUY OUT FOREVER. The .world admins are ABSOLUTELY partially at fault for this for letting this user have the power they have had for so fucking long. Sorry for shouting I’m upsetti. 🙃

+1 to your edit though. The content was so vile and triggering, I was not up to the task. So, fair warning to anyone who wants to further investigate a case where every party is so obviously in the wrong. Tread carefully.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

they still moderate the following communities

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Why don’t the Redditor stay there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

i’m saying like-

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago

Fuck yeah 🤘