Comment on Asking for moderator Rooki's removal for misconduct

Beaver@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To what account? They are an instance admin, everyone is below them.

  I’m not siding with anyone in this case, but the fact is it is a core feature of the fediverse: admins rule supreme and are only accountable to other admins. If users or communities don’t like it, they could, and SHOULD move to another instance. If a suitable one is not available, they should make their own, and rule it as they please.

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  • Rose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Going by this Lemmy.World chart, Rooki is an instance moderator standing below @ruud@lemmy.world and @jelloeater85@lemmy.world, so I’m appealing to them in the form of a public post so that the issue can’t be swept under the rug.

    If users or communities don’t like it, they could, and SHOULD move to another instance.

    !vegan are already going for that option, but the problem is that if your written rules do not reflect your actual practices, it’s a lot like backstabbing because you invite people to build communities over time only to go back on your rules and force the users to migrate, which leads to fragmentation and a lot of members lost in the process.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agree, great points.

      I’m chiming in in this thread in a pretty anti authority way because I’ve experienced issues with admins on several instances doing just as you say: not playing by the rules they have laid out.

      It’s frustrating but ultimately it’s their house. We’re just squatting.

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    • Beaver@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m seconding this motion.

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    • lwadmin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Just wanted to mention we are still working on a official response.

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  • Beaver@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It doesn’t mean people shouldn’t try to improve their original Lemmy home before moving to other instances.

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s nothing to prove. It’s in their nature.

      This is like the scorpion and the frog story.

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• Beaver@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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