Comment on A few suggestions regarding banning
quinten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We totally agree!
If a user is banned, he/she deserves to know why. You can look up your username in the Mod Log and see the reason and the expiration date, but it is not user friendly. Since we cannot do something about this, it is up to Lemmy itself to fix this. I suggest to do a feature request on Lemmy’s GitHub.
Regarding the who in your question. We understand that you know who did ban you, and you get the information if it was a mod or admin. If you’re banned you can always appeal! Mail us at info@lemmy.world with your username. We have a system internally that ensures another admin reviews your appeal. That way it stays fair.
The reason we have hidden usernames in the Mod Log is to prevent harassment. This occurred several times when the usernames were not hidden.
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Cool, I´m happy to hear that!
That is not the case, no reason is displayed in the modlog. I still don´t know why I was banned and it looks like I wont ever find out.
Makes sense, I totally understand.
quinten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, if mod/admin does not fill in a reason it does not show indeed. But overall, it is supposed to show why the ban is issued.
We want all moderators and all admins to fill in a reason, also for later reference. I will make sure we will bring it to the attention of the (new) mods again. :)
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At best make it mandatory to fill in a reason when banning someone. Can you as an admin also not see who banned me?
quinten@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes it indeed should.
We as admin can see who banned you. That’s why we introduced our internal appeal system where a different admin handles your case once submitted.