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Why were all the mods removed from this community today, leaving it un-modded? (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf to c/conservative@lemm.ee

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Something funny is going on at Lemm.ee. The admin is suddently ban hammer happy too.

That and all the mods removed from here is kinds strange.

Anyone have any word on what's up and why the drastic changes in attitude and all of the sudden bans?

**EDIT: **Actually I think I found the reason: https://lemm.ee/post/55846636/18367529 (!meta@ lemm.ee "It seems some higher level moderation of communities may be required")

Lemm.ee is a bunch of new admins, so it's not longer as friendly to differing opinions as it once was.

Which a bunch of Lemmy Democrats are gonna cheer and advertise about.

Probably a good idea for us to find a new conservative community.

Don't let them silence you, guys. We should just move--not run away. Running away is what they want us to do.

EDIT: I'm not defending Nazi's or Nazi salutes. I didn't see the post and I haven't seen any describe it other than "it was a Nazi salute!" Does anyone want to actually describe the post? What did it say? Was it a meme? Was it Musk? Was it a random pic?

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[–] beneeney@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So will you keep it unmodded? Because that seems like a worse idea. Your community, your rules, but I’m just wondering about the thoughts behind leaving a “controversial” community unmodded.

"Unmodded" might not be the right word. To clarify, there will be no "community moderators", but we the admin team will keep an eye on it for the time being. We feel that there was an issue with reports from the queue being resolved by mods, but with no action taken against unacceptable content. It made it sort of a blind spot for us, hence the Nazi salute celebration hitting the front page of the community for 2 days.

And the person who posted the Nazi salute pic is not the only person to be banned on Lemm.ee lately.

So are you telling me that lemm.ee has NOT changed it’s attitudes towards banning and what it allows on here in the last few months?

I’m not implying you are wrong, I would like qualification. Because I have seen other peopel say the same thing to. There seems to be a much lower tolerance lately.

Lemm.ee is growing pretty quickly and people get banned every day - the modlog is public. A recent uptick is possible, but our admin activity can fluctuate pretty sporadically depending on IRL stuff. Any instances of unacceptable content are due to blind spots as stated above, or us simply not having had the time or resources to effectively handle everything.

[–] barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 10 points 2 days ago

Fair enough. Thank you for the clarification! And if the mods were not doing their jobs, then that isn't helpful to the conservative cause, so I totally support removing them.