I was wondering if there were systems in place for users to report mods who are just ignoring the code of conduct and just abusing their power of moderator as a whole?
I’ve seen that we could get in touch via Mastodon, but I don’t have an account for that unfortunately and I was curious to know if there were other ways
In smaller instances, you can easily reach the Admin and are much more likely to get a response. Also, the moderation is likely done completely by the Admin and not by a less-invested person who might be enjoying the power and control of being a moderator.
From my experience, about 80% of opened reports are self-resolvable and don’t need Admins or moderators and is just someone seeing the world through a biased lens, so everything they don’t believe becomes misinformation, and they start opening reports for vengeance. When many of these keep coming, it wears Admins and moderators down, and they are more likely to just ban than respond. This fatigue is not something a small instance Admin experiences. They give more thought to the situation.
I was banned on mastodon . social because someone who disagreed with me perfectly crafted a complaint (they apparently had a lot of experience doing this) that took what I wrote out of context to seem like I was saying something else, and .social banned me instantly and denied the appeal. The claim was total fiction. They didn’t care. They had a stack of reports to get through. I had no hope of reaching an Admin.
I never used a large instance again.
Just something, maybe, to think about.
The few users who have created accounts in my instance are thrilled with the direct support they get from me and my co-admin. I imagine that their original instance was something of a mill where they were treated like nuisances. It’s one of the things I love about being an admin, is the ability to protect people who would otherwise be ignored
dm an admin and report the problematic behaviour.
Bro called everyone he sees a tankie and got mad when he got banned 😭😭😭
Just try to be nice to people please!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Also I would not recommend having an account on lemmy.ml if this is your concern, the moderators here are rather famous for doing this at the drop of a hat. I guess you could have your account on .ml and mostly interact with communities on other instances, but why?
Why indeed. I’d never create an account over there, I agree with you.
Sadly every user on Lemmy learned or will learn at their expense that interacting with most users from ml, hexbear and the likes, brings nothing positive on most occasions.
I had hoped that maybe something was done since last time I checked, but I guess I was wrong 😅
Believe it or not, more people are Marxists than ever. Those instances aren’t going away any time soon.
libs experiencing the horror of interacting with people outside their bubble will never stop being hilarious
Authoritarians gonna authoritarian.
Also, especially with young people, calling them out for bad behavior like this usually leads to them just doubling down on the bad behavior because they’ll feel that their honor is insulted by the criticism and so they have to reject it. Something like that. I definitely wouldn’t hold your breath for a change.
Come to the .ee side.
They already are
Just create one account per comment. Lemmy can’t anything as it was designed for the convenience of moderators.
Wwit until lemmy falls and hope the successor makes moderation a crowd effort and a subscriotion service
Ahh yes the “dessalines can be a cock because of the implications of there being nowhere else to go” defense.
Classic.
Enjoy your
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