Is this the right way to get admin attention then? If no, what is the proper recourse?
Mods should have the power to ban I just don’t want to be banned for made up BS reasons.
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calavera@lemm.ee 6 months agoModerators own shit.
I’m a moderator for a community, but never in my mind this idea came to me. I’m just there to help the community and that’s all.
Ultimately the only one who owns it is the admin
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 6 months ago
refalo@programming.dev 6 months ago
That’s the problem with moderation in general, it’s entirely subjective.
Obviously the person doing the banning did not think it was a made up BS reason.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 6 months ago
If they thought that they would be completely unfit to run a community anyway.
There was nothing even remotely homophobic about what OP said in the banned posts.
Maybe the Mod thinks the ban is deserved, but they definitely knew the reason was made up because they made it up.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
The admin owns the instance the community is on, but the communities themselves are created by moderators. They can do whatever they want that doesn’t break the rules that govern the entire instance.
Hyperreality@kbin.social 6 months ago
Here's the thing: no one's going to do anything about it, but technically this may amount to libel.
On reddit you're banned via private message, so no one knows why you'd been banned, even if the reason is bogus. If someone accuses you of something in a comment, you can defend yourself. You have the right to reply. But in the fediverse you're banned and if the mod does it for a made-up reason, that false reason is publicly viewable in the modlog without you being able to do anything about it. They've maliciously damaged your reputation without any recourse, right to defend yourself / right of reply.
Now imagine at one point their username is linked to their actual name. An employer does a google, finds they've been banned for homophobia. Some arsehole doxxes them, and sends a picture of their being banned for homophobia to their employer. They're fired for allegedly being homophobic on social media. At that point, a good lawyer could potentially prove libel and damages caused. You're clearly annoyed OP. Now imagine someone with too much time and money on his hands.
It's real amateur hour shit. Sure being sued for libel is incredibly unlikely, but there are only downsides to not erring on the side of caution with stuff like this. Want to ban someone? Make up a generic or non-defamatory reason, or simply call them a dickhead, and go on with your day.
Stuff like this, the failure to respect GDPR/Privacy and NetzDG laws, a failure to properly deal with CSAM material... it's a ticking time bomb under the whole fediverse.
fartington@lemm.ee 6 months ago
[deleted]Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 months ago
The instance doesn’t have rules barring it, so yeah; they are allowed to. As shitty as it is.
TWeaK@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Moderators don’t own the community, but they own the community address - they have absolute control over it and can set the rules. If the community don’t like that, they’re free to move to a new address and make their own, with blackjack and hookers, etc.
The admin owns the instance, which in turn can overrule the moderators. If the community don’t like that, they’re free to move to a new instance, with blackjack and hookers, etc.
Basically the whole system was set up so everyone will eventually have blackjack and hookers.
glimse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re what’s known as a “good moderator” and frankly, I think most mods fit that description, too.
But you have the control of your community, that’s part of the appeal of Lemmy. Once admins start policing petty disagreements, we’re moving toward reddit
fartington@lemm.ee 6 months ago
glimse@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I didn’t mean you were petty, I meant like… Admins should step in if someone is posting child porn or something, not community bans