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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Screenshot shows three comments being removed from !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone (this community) by one of 196’s mods with the reason for removal being “.” (literally just a period).

I looked into this and discovered that the comments were just some fairly polite, if snarky, comments in response to the mod themselves. I could not identify a reason for comment removal per the site or community rules, so if there was one, “.” doesn’t cut it.

This is a callout post y’all. Do better. Start putting actual moderation reasons into the modlog for the benefit of you and other mods, otherwise what is the point of a transparent and federated platform?

As of now, it looks like the mod involved is just using their mod powers in a self-serving fashion. I am not making that accusation now, but that’s how it looks.

Please and thank you. Mods here do an excellent job keeping 196 on Lemmy a bearable place to be, and I know you are already struggling to staff the positions, but please also hold one another accountable when it comes to misuse of power. Thanks :)

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[-] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Edit: I kind of regret writing this instead of just talking with the mods, but I'll leave this up so that the replies aren't left without context.

This kind of reminds me of that time someone looked at the mod logs and noticed that someone who got banned for allegedly being transphobic got unbanned and made a mod (the unbanning reason was something like "became a mod"). This was on the last call for mods. I mean, nothing against if the person regretted writing the thing that got them banned, but it's fucking sus that the mods did this without talking with us about what was happening (and nobody fucking knows who the mods are because they never "presented" themselves as mods, they could've just said "hello, my name is X and I'm a new mod", but they never did).

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

It's so nice, so nice that lemmy has a mod log. Something reddit doesn't.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

as a former reddit user I'm taken aback by the mod responses to this callout post. lemmy mods here, not very reddit-mod-like.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 7 months ago

honestly i am pleasantly surprised too. 196 culture has always trended towards being decent and i am glad this didn’t get me a lot of pushback, because of course im just looking for what’s best for the community :) and obviously this wasn’t the worst of abuses compared to other communities but better to nip it in the bud than wait till there’s dealbreaking abuse going on

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

The mods remove comments for a lot of reasons that aren't in line with the rules, or require some serious mental gymnastics to equate to the cited rules.