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Is there anything that can be done about troll powermods? (media.kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by EnglishMobster@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I logged into Kbin today to see 18 notifications where the same guy banned me from all of their magazines for downvoting them.

I was only subscribed to 1 of those magazines, but it's still annoying to wake up to 18 ban messages from someone who got easily angered from a downvote.

(Side note: IMO, this is why being able to see downvotes is bad. Even if anyone could see them by spinning up their own instance, that's a lot of work compared to pressing 2 buttons.)

I've blocked the guy, but is there anything that can be done to stop this from proliferating across the site?

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[–] TheShadowKnows@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seeing downvotes is not the problem. It is a positive attribute of the platform as it increases transparency and accountability. Do not try to shift the blame off of the person. The person who used the system to do this to you is the problem. It is good that you have a way to track this behavior, but if people start clamouring for closing avenues of transparency, it will lead inevitably to a platform that does not allow you to make these observations.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Ngl this sounds like everyone ever who has defended a terrible thing and instead blamed an individual.

For example: “Guns aren’t the problem, the people with the guns that are the problem.”

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[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yep. The transparency is the key takeaway here. Being able to see upvotes / downvotes is important. If people are going to retaliate against people for downvoting then, that's just part of the system. Block those people and move on. The issue here I feel is one person making over a dozen magazines and then banning this user because they've been slighted.

There should be a moderator code of conduct, where your bans and moderation needs to be justified, else you get a booting from the admins

[–] blazera@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

looks like he's owner and sole moderator for several magazines

[–] 99nights@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I see nothing has changed from reddit with these childish, power hungry mods. That's such a shame.

Lol, will you even still be alive in 80 years?

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Toxic behavior like this is something that needs to be reported to the server admin (Ernest in this case). We're at the size where reporting this stuff can still be handled on a case by case basis

[–] McBinary@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like he got you for a couple more just recently.

Looking through your post history, I don't agree with the "Troll" statement being tied to those bans...

[–] EnglishMobster@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That was me banning him, a gut reaction on my part when I noticed. Maybe childish, but when they revealed himself as a bad actor I didn't want them coming into my communities.

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[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Wow, banned from a magazine or banned on the entire kbin.social? If an admin is doing that, I'd leave asap and open an account elsewhere.

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