Here since ![email protected] is unavailable as outlined below.

Hi

There have been some rather concerning actions taken by an admin of the ![email protected] community, [email protected]. Based on recent moderation decisions and a complete lack of communication, it seems like their account may have been compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

1. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, First Instance: a guide posted to ![email protected], despite receiving many positive votes and comments, was removed under Rule 4:

If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered

However, this post was a guide and not a question, so Rule 4 does not apply. Attempts were made to reach out for clarification but there has been no response, despite their account showing recent activity.

1. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, Second Instance: an on-topic informational video also posted to ![email protected], despite also receiving many positive votes, was again removed under Rule 4. This post was again not asking a question, so again Rule 4 does not apply. Again, no explanation has been given.

2. User Bans in Completely Unrelated Communities: user bans of over a month have been applied for not only ![email protected] but several completely unrelated communities:

• ![email protected]
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• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]
• ![email protected]

This is especially concerning given that the above posts have no relation to these communities, and no recent activity has been made in any of them, meaning none of their rules could have been broken. Moreover, a public track record of positive contributions across Lemmy has been established, with many positive votes and comments received over a sustained period. Given all of this, the bans appear to be highly disproportionate, only adding to the growing concerns around moderation practices.

1. Repost with Disclaimer Removed: a repost of the guide, despite a disclaimer explaining the original removal appears to be in error and that attempts to contact the admin have failed, despite again receiving many positive votes and constructive comments, was once again removed. Again, no explanation has been given.

Given all of this, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that something is not right. Mistakes in moderation happen but the complete lack of communication, the disproportionate actions, and the ongoing bans from unrelated communities raise serious concerns. It seems as though the account is most likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues with this admin, or does anyone have more insight into what might be happening?

TL;DR: Admin [email protected] of ![email protected] appears to be making seriously concerning moderation decisions, including erroneous enforcement of Rule 4 in at least two separate instances, failing to respond to messages, and applying user bans in completely unrelated communities despite a long track record of positive contributions across Lemmy. This has led to speculation that their account is likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Any thoughts or similar experiences would be appreciated.

Cross post with https://lemmy.world/post/43944126

Original comment was: "Honestly this image shows very nicely why I will never use KDE"

https://lemmy.world/comment/13613498

https://midwest.social/comment/13507803

Banned for suggesting violence against children is bad after being harassed by another commenter. I reported them, removed all contributions and withdrew my participation in that community until the issue is resolved. Turns out they are a community moderator and banned me for reporting them breaking their own rules on civility. They continued to provoke and escalate after I disengaged.

normally wouldn’t be a problem but there have been some significant world events over the past week which has resulted in this community being a hotbed for calls to violence, violating instance rule 1.1

edit: they seem hopefully to be back 🤞

Context: In a discussion about a small apartment listing described as "perfect for a full-time female student," the above transphobic comment was made in regard to who would post such a listing.

The comment is transphobic because it:

1. Misgenders: Puts "woman" in quotes, invalidating trans women's gender.
2. Stereotypes: Suggests trans women might transition for ulterior motives, perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
3. Undermines Identity: Implies trans women are fundamentally different and suspect compared to cis women.

I tried looking it up in the modlog, but it doesn't seem to go back far enough

Lemmygrad.ml is being bombarded by spam bots!

Via lemmy.world/modlog

cross-posted from: https://lemmynsfw.com/post/29633

When I opened this site 5 days ago, I could not have guessed that I would post such a post. But here we are.

As you know, we did a poll on this topic here. Around 40% of people said to block, the rest said to not to. In such cases, we wanted to make the poll, even though it doesn't matter.

Right now, I'm still currently agreeing with @bobbiguy2122 here. We are going to let community moderators handle the situation in within limits. So it's going to be users choice to subscribe to that community or creating new one with his own rules.

Why not completely block it

If we are going to split, there is so many fractions as well. As someone who only likes women and plain porn, I don't want to ban tentacle, futanari or gay stuff. Because even though they are kinky, they are also a pleasure.

Being attracted to petite teens is just like these pleasures, and the vast majority actually like it. I think we should not ban this pleasure just because it is in a dangerous area.

As a result

First of all we will explicitly ban IRL loli images. Although we will allow non-IRL content under moderator control, tho we will control childish content independently of moderators too. We will make this distinction according to images that look and act like children.

Defederation

I see a lot of people are worried about this situation. But I don't care. Because as you can see, beehaw, one of the largest instances, blocked the other 2 largest instances. This situation is inevitable in NSFW only instances like us. As a result, you must have one main account, where you can access all instances, and one NSFW account, where you can only access NSFW content. For example, I don't plan to block any instances on this instance, except in extreme cases.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/743962

I can see the reasoning behind all the other instances, but what was the red flag situation with reddthat?

Crosspost from ![email protected]