Modlog says "reason: slop spam", which means that the mod thought that this user was posting a lot of spam, of the AI-generated variety (AI-generated isn't against the rules on lemmy.world, but spam is). IDK why you thought that is has anything to do with the user name.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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I dont think it should have anything to do with either the username or what they were posting.
Lemmy is very confusing this way, because this is an instance wide ban, without a 'reason', i.e. I cant see which post or comment warranted such sweeping use of instance admin power.
And in my community this shows up as if the mod removed it, but it was the instance admin (cant see which one either), and not the mod of the community.
I dont think it should have anything to do with either the username or what they were posting.
If you post content that isn't allowed, being banned is exactly what you should expect.
Lemmy is very confusing this way, because this is an instance wide ban, without a ‘reason’, i.e. I cant see which post or comment warranted such sweeping use of instance admin power.
While I agree this isn't great, especially for other people who just want to verify that the mods/admins aren't just powertrippin', the nature of spam posting is that you don't usually get banned because of any one post, but because you keep doing it repeatedly.
And in my community this shows up as if the mod removed it, but it was the instance admin (cant see which one either), and not the mod of the community.
AFAIK you would get more information as a Piefed user. Seems like Lemmy is intentionally obfuscating this kind of thing, because the tankies who develop Lemmy don't like having their authority questioned.
Good to know
Probably suspicion of AI
I look at their posts. There was low effort stuff, but not AI...
And also, a side wide ban for that, even if it was true? and the admin who banned isnt even known?
I saw the posts. Pretty confident the rate and style of them at account launch was AI.
I agree with this, and blocked that account (and one other) for being a 4 hour old account churning out AI-hallmark writing at an unreasonable pace.
I’m never sure whether I should report these, since it’s 90% vibes-based.
The comment I saw “mod removed” certainly wasn’t.