Screenshot shows three comments being removed from [email protected] (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 :)

  • Queue@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    160·
    6 months ago

    Mainly because I sometimes need a reality check. I agreed to be a mod here at a normal point of the last year, and the last ~5 months have been putting so much weird shit in my brain it’s not been healthy.

        • drislands@lemmy.world
          45·
          6 months ago

          Honestly mad respect for owning it. No one’s perfect all the time, and it takes a lot of courage to be able to admit when those mistakes happen.

          In my opinion, that makes you MORE qualified to be a mod – not less.

          • nfh@lemmy.world
            27·
            6 months ago

            Yeah I’d rather see an Internet community keep a mod who has shown they’re capable of introspection then they made a mistake, than try and pretend they can find a new mod who won’t make mistakes.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      48·
      6 months ago

      Anyone who says being a mod for a community is easy has never been one

      That shit is hella hard on your mental health

      IMO an ideal mod team is one where there’s enough mods that all of them only have to head over to their community once every few days so that it doesn’t become overwhelming

      • SupraMario@lemmy.world
        51·
        6 months ago

        Only if you give a fuck, be an adult and ignore that shit, and if you can’t, then being a mod is not something for you.

          • SupraMario@lemmy.world
            11·
            6 months ago

            Lol I mod multiple large subs. I hardly ban anyone and am very pro free speech. People bitch about changes and target me and my fellow mods but we ignore it because it’s petty drama at the end of the day. My point still stands, if you get emotional and abuse your power like this mod did because some user talked shit about you, you’re a terrible mod. Judging by your comment, you have no clue what you’re talking about, but that’s typical for the Internet.

            • shneancy@lemmy.world
              6·
              6 months ago

              I’ve been a moderator of a large discord server for the past 2 years, none of the problems were solved by “ignoring the drama”

                • shneancy@lemmy.world
                  5·
                  6 months ago

                  obviously not? And the mod of this community owned up to their mistake of abusing power and didn’t ban anyone.

                  Where did that even come from, we were talking about mental health, moderation responsibilities & ways of handling them, why are you escalating

                  • SupraMario@lemmy.world
                    1·
                    6 months ago

                    No you brought up how you mod a discord, and how you think you should jump into petty drama to solve problems. The mod in question removed comments that were critical of them, meaning they fed into drama. I made a statement, that points out that being a mod requires thick skin and if your feelings get hurt easily you shouldn’t be a mod… apparently a bunch of thin skinned mods/people didn’t like that.

          • SupraMario@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 months ago

            Which makes my point stand. If it’s effecting your mental health, modding isnt for you. How no one here is understanding that is beyond me. Being a mod/admin on anything that deals with people/the public is a thankless job and requires thick skin.

            • lud@lemm.ee
              3·
              6 months ago

              The thing is that everyone is affected. Everyone just reacts differently and it might take a bit longer for some people.

              It isn’t healthy for anyone.

              Maybe someone without any empathy whatsoever can be fine, but not anyone else.

              • SupraMario@lemmy.world
                2·
                6 months ago

                Sure, it can be, not denying that. You can have plenty of empathy and still learn to ignore trolls and drama and just do the job.

    • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world
      10·
      6 months ago

      I feel this deeply. I don’t think you should have to leave over this unless there is a large community sentiment that it’s time.