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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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I was going to comment on a post today, and found out I'd been banned from mop@quokk.au. Apparently it happened awhile ago.

Not much of a reason, no real evidence given. The mod didn't include a screenshot, link, or even quoted text, so I'm not sure which specific interaction led to this. Basically this is just thought policing. Hilarious considering that the community claims to be:

free of the “ML” influence of instances like lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.

Also, even if the accusation is true it doesn't break any community rules:

There is only one mod of mop@quokk.au, so this isn't just a vague/general example. @lumpenproletariat@quokk.au is a PTB.

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[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 23 hours ago

I remember commenting quite a bit on that community, though mostly because it consistently posted coal that didn't make sense but had lots of upvotes regardless. The main mod then proceeded to look for any excuse to ban me off the platform and essentially admitted that they're building an echo chamber and don't like any dissenting voices even when it's coming from the rare anti-liberal position they allegedly agree with.

You've probably been done a favor with this tbh, stay away and let kids have their fun

[–] MysticMushroom1776@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your post history and moderation history speak for itself. YDM.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More vague generalized implications, still lacking anything specific. You might as well just say overtly that you support abuses of power.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Oh, Fantastical Fungus hates mod abuse. So much so that they ban people from comms they've never participated in.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago

Case in point!

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm lost. Why does everyone hate this person?

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago) (2 children)

It's because their political views are explicitly anti-anarchist, yet they moderate a supposedly "anarchist" community on SJW. E.g.:

Hmm, the biggest problem I have with socialism is that you end up with government committees deciding who gets access to basic needs like food, water and medical care, when, where and how much. Attempts to plan out fair distribution for an entire country become brittle and inflexible, and result in scarcity and waste because human life is not static. Well-intentioned socialist governments become authoritarian out of the desire to control the behavior of the population in order to stabilize the plan, but the efforts to control inevitably create more instability.

So, just another liberal sjw troll ~~larping as an anarchist~~. They aren't even pro-socialism.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I believe you're referring to **an**anarchy@sh.itjust.works ... and that you have reading comprehension issues.

That is obviously a joke community that makes basically anyone a mod who the original creator feels like making a mod in the moment. It's a bit like some chatrooms back in the 90s that would just hand out mod powers to whoever. I never asked for mod powers, and I make no claim to anarchy as a personal philosophy.

Do you make a habit of not looking past surface details?

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 minutes ago

Ok, I'm sorry for making that mistake.

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

Amazing, thank you.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -3 points 1 day ago

A reasonable question that is unlikely to receive a reasonable answer.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

considering I've consistently seen shit takes from you whenever you open your mouth, I'm going to say you deserved it.

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, this isn't PTB, this is moderation working as intended.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What was the comment you wanted to publish, I can intersect it for you, if think it's relevant agitprop.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I appreciate the offer, but I'm not really interested in attempting to dodge a ban for the sake of a comment on a meme post. It was just the catalyst for this.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You wouldn’t be dodging a ban since I’d be commenting on your behalf. Unless you think the ban is deserved?

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unless you think the ban is deserved?

I think the ban is the ban, and that my conduct is and will continue to be more mature than these PTBs.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 4 points 1 day ago

Then I’ll maturely assume the comment wasn't agitprop and carry on.

[–] karn@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

For what reason, exactly?

An accusation was made in the ban, but nothing was provided to substantiate it. What you seem to be saying is that the accusation itself is enough to justify the ban, which is akin to a witch hunt, where the accused is presumed to be guilty and is then punished for having been accused, with no evidence given and no recourse.

I was not given the basic courtesy of a warning, or even a message from the moderator, and a 73-year ban is effectively permanent, which is extreme when no actual rules were broken. Basically, I was banned for thought crime, because the mod didn't like what I said. The judgment was carried out summarily and with no consideration. This is kangeroo court nonsense.

The last time I experienced similar behavior was on lemmygrad.ml.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you consistently post shitlib takes, and you are aggressively anti-anarchist. if you really want me to post proof, I can do that. your posting history is public, after all.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago

I think you should probably go ahead and post the proof, especially since they are apparently the mod of an anarchist community on sjw lmao.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

probably based on off community comments, because mods unfortunately look at those.

[–] MysticMushroom1776@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Looking at the history it seems @Deceptichum@quokk.au banned them for their comments in this thread, not even one of their many shitty comments already on their profile before but their comments in that thread.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yikes. So what you're saying is that a difference in political opinion is justification for retaliatory action. That is fantastically authoritarian.

What exactly was "shitty" about any of those comments?

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do you have a problem with anarchists banning you from anarchist communities exactly? Do you think you should be able to say what you like wherever you go? Quokk.au isn't a freeze peach instance. They have no obligation to let you visit and shit on the floor.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why do you have a problem with anarchists banning you from anarchist communities exactly? Do you think you should be able to say what you like wherever you go?

I think that I haven't broken any rules, and that I've essentially been judged under some secret law, and the punitive measure was delivered effectively in secret with no communication or recourse, which is the kind of behavior one expects from fascists and authoritarians.

Basically I think I'm the victim of abject hypocrites. People who claim to be against abuses of authority obviously approve of such abuses when aligned with their personal politics.

It's very telling to me that so many people here are functionally behaving as if the mod were right because they're the mod, which is to say "might makes right".

Quokk.au isn't a freeze peach instance. They have no obligation to let you visit and shit on the floor.

I think that if you're going to build an echo chamber, you should have explicit rules identifying it as such, to the effect of "Only approved ideologies are allowed to be expressed here, and all others are forbidden." That way you at least have to consciously process that you are building an echo chamber, and you put up a warning sign so that reasonable, cooperative and tolerant people will know to stay away.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago

Basically I think I’m the victim of abject hypocrites.

no you're not. one of the most important foundations of anarchism is the concept of freedom of association. we have decided we no longer wish to associate with you. your own personal freedoms have not been affected by this decision.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub -3 points 2 days ago

Then even more PTB.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fine example of Lemmy turning into federated silos and echo chambers just like their ancestors sailed from on Reddit.