Context: https://lemmy.world/comment/14224519
I was just browsing some comments and came across this… exchange. In addition to “WTF is wrong with you” I also reported the comment for something like, ‘this person is using the plain definition of genocide to discredit the idea of genocide. this person is clearly some kind of bigot/troll, or a deeply ignorant and unserious person. please keep a close eye on this person.’ I think that’s the reason why another mod responded with the genocide articles. All this before I realized they were a mod. Incidentally, this flyingsquid character is still sealioning that nobody answered them and that “the genocide is, as I said, not all that horrific.” At least they put the words in their own mouth this time (downgraded from “you must not think it’s all that horrific” -what the fuck!?).
When I checked my inbox this morning I found they had responded, but this time I noticed their name, and the M next to it.
So I ask you, in this context (or any, really), is “…good god, you’re a mod here?” uncivil? I think the moderator is silencing legitimate criticism. I think it was the moderator being uncivil throughout. I think this flyingsquid character is a Power Tripping Bastard.
Look my take on it is if you’re a mod, you shouldn’t get involved in spicy discussions. There’s just no way to avoid the conflict of interest, and it makes you look like shit no matter how you slice it
Hexbear and .ml have the same problem of mods/admins getting involved in political discussions, then deleting comments that disagree with them. It’s just a bad look.
It’s not a “bad look”, it’s abuse. Moderators are supposed to be impartial, that’s the whole point, whether at a political debate, or in an online forum. Censoring one side to support their beliefs would get them fired from any other moderator job on the planet. The only reason they get away with it here is because they do it for free and keep the conversations relatively spam/bot-free.
I never had this issue on reddit tbh. Users could say whatever they wanted and I never removed anything that wasn’t against the rules. Even joined in on the dumb “mods will remove this any second now” idiocy for shits and giggles for things that didn’t break the rules.
Then you probably haven’t been using it the last year. I got ip banned for a comment pointing out international law relating to indigenous defense against occupation. That was 6 months before reddit nuked accounts posts and comments it didnt like regarding the luigi mangione/uhc ceo debacle.
I got sitewide banned for mocking people using Windows on Steam deck
I moved on with the API bs, and don’t actually know what happened to the sub I modded. I know at least one mod stuck around though.
Right? Like, at least use an alt for plausible deniability.