I am requesting an admin review of the moderation actions of Decoy321@lemmy.world in:
[!lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world](/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world)[!shitposts@piefed.world](/c/shitposts@piefed.world)
Specifically, I am requesting review of two bans imposed on me, removal of the characterization of my posts as racist where no reasonable basis for that characterization exists, and review of whether Decoy321 should continue moderating these communities.
Context
These are shitposting communities. Merriam-Webster defines shitpost as:
“to post something online (such as a comment, video, or meme) that is deliberately absurd, provocative, or offensive”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shitpost
Provocative or offensive humor is therefore not, by itself, evidence that content is racist, harassing, or otherwise prohibited. Obviously, shitposting does not override an instance's rules against genuinely racist or abusive content, but moderation should distinguish between those things.
First ban - 
I had been actively contributing memes to [!lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world](/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world), including reposting content from Reddit's /r/shitposting.
After dozens of contributions, Decoy321 banned me for one week over this post:
https://thelemmy.club/post/53660620
The reason given was:
rule 1 violation. don't post racist shit. take a week off
The same meme remains publicly available on /r/shitposting:
https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1vc34os/cueta_spain_right_now/
I dispute the moderator's characterization of this post as racist. More importantly, I would like the admins to review the post themselves and determine what specific element of the content constitutes racism under the community or instance rules.
Calling a user racist or their contributions “racist shit” is a serious characterization. It should have an identifiable factual and rules-based basis rather than simply reflecting a moderator's personal interpretation of provocative humor.
Second ban - 
After the first incident, I began contributing to [!shitposts@piefed.world](/c/shitposts@piefed.world).
At the time, this was a very low-activity community, averaging roughly one post per week. I made a substantial effort to contribute content and help build activity there.
I did not initially realize that Decoy321 also moderated this community.
After what became hundreds of contributions, Decoy321 permanently banned me following this post:
https://thelemmy.club/post/54265031
The same post was publicly available on /r/shitposting when I reposted it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1vlso8s/_/
This time I received a permanent community ban without an explanation identifying what rule the post violated or why a permanent ban was warranted.
I am asking the admins to review both the content itself and the proportionality of that action.
Why I am requesting moderator review
My concern isn't simply that I disagree with two moderation decisions.
There appears to be a pattern in which an active contributor is subjected to increasingly severe sanctions based on a moderator's subjective interpretation of shitposting content, without a clear connection to the communities' published rules.
A moderator is obviously entitled to remove content that violates community rules. But removing a questionable post is very different from repeatedly banning an active contributor - and ultimately permanently banning them - without clearly identifying the rule violation warranting that escalation.
This is particularly concerning for [!shitposts@piefed.world](/c/shitposts@piefed.world), which already has very little activity. Removing prolific contributors through unexplained permanent bans actively works against building a healthy community.
I am not asking admins to agree with every meme I've posted. I am asking for consistent, rules-based and proportionate moderation.
If either post violates a specific rule, I would like that rule and violation explained. If it does not, then the resulting bans should not stand.
Requested resolution
I respectfully request that the Lemmy.world/PieFed.world administration:
- Review and reverse my permanent ban from
[!shitposts@piefed.world](/c/shitposts@piefed.world)if the admins determine that the cited post did not justify that sanction. - Review Decoy321's moderation history involving my account, including the earlier ban from
[!lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world](/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world). - Review whether Decoy321 should continue serving as a moderator of
[!shitposts@piefed.world](/c/shitposts@piefed.world)and[!lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world](/c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world)given the pattern described above. - Remove or correct moderation records characterizing my content as racist if the administration determines that the posts did not violate rules prohibiting racist content.
- Clarify what specific community or instance rules justified these actions if the administration determines that the bans were appropriate.
I am happy to accept moderation when I actually violate a published rule. What I am objecting to is being labeled as posting racist material and ultimately permanently excluded from a community based on standards that do not appear in its rules.
I would appreciate an independent review by an administrator rather than another decision by the moderator whose conduct is the subject of this complaint.
cc: @ieh@lemmy.world
Your modlog doesn't preserve what was actually removed so I can't comment on the content:
https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=21980498
That being said, a shitposting community is not an excuse to put on your Klan hood. "Buh buh, I reposted from Reddit..." is NOT the defense you think it is.
They warned you, you did it anyway, you caught the ban. Learn from the experience.
There was no warning discussion or communication of any kind.
Even a simple removal of the post would have been better if moderators see content as unfit.
Banning only active contributors from a dead community is idiotic and only benefits reddit
Lol... I got banned because I down-voted a couple stupid posts in a community that came up in my main feed. Whatever... moved on. You should, too. Quit trying to belong to a community that doesn't want you.
When shitpost group #1 tells you "no racist shit", that is NOT a green flag to post racist shit in another group.
Mods read your modlog and when you build a repeated history of this, yeah, you don't get leniency.
You were warned TWO WEEKS AGO and learned NOTHING.
Ban #1 2 weeks ago:
Ban #2:
thats the point im trying to make - this is no a racist meme:
https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1vc34os/cueta_spain_right_now/ - up on reddit, no problems.
its a stupid shitpost. But I understand if you dont understand, not understanding is an epidemic.
The irony here is palpable. You are not understanding that it is racist. That refusal from you is unfortunate and infuriating.
You're missing the context and therefore completely reversing the point of the meme.
Trump saw the images from Ceuta and immediately turned a humanitarian/migration crisis into political propaganda. He called it an "invasion," said Spain "doesn't know what to do," warned that America would look the same if Democrats won, and even said Republicans should use the images of Ceuta in the midterm campaign.
That rhetoric is what this meme is making fun of. This meme is making fun of Trump racist rhetoric. Ofc chatgpt does not have that context!
The LOTR image is deliberately taking Trump's "foreign invasion" framing to its absurd conclusion: Oh, an invasion? So apparently Trump thinks Ceuta looks like Helm's Deep with a giant enemy army at the gates.
Meme is not comparing migrants to evil orcs. Meme is mocking the racist/xenophobic rhetoric that portrays migrants as a hostile invading army in the first place.
You can argue that the satire wasn't obvious enough without the Trump context. That's fair. But once you actually know the context, treating the literal LOTR image as my view of migrants gets the joke completely backwards. The dehumanizing "invading enemy" framing is precisely what the meme is ridiculing.
So basically you're saying the meme should have had "/s" and didn't, and now you're upset that people missed the sarcasm because they didn't understand context not provided.
Well, that just means the "/s" was needed. Context was needed.
There's a reason Poe's Law exists. You just ran afoul of it.
I wonder why when others posted explaining why this was racist, and in my own comments to you, that you did address that earlier. :shrug:
So perhaps you can now, at least, understand why it might appear racist without the proper context, and why the mod took the action they did. And why that action was justified, given the lack of context.
You are comparing an immigration crisis to evil orcs in Lord of the Rings, it's not merely racist, it is FUCKING RACIST.
Your attempt at justifying it is inherently dehumanizing and the fact that you either can't see that or are apparently willfully ignorant of it proves the bans were 100% justified.