Summary:

  • @[email protected] was posting at a high volume to [email protected]
  • there is no written rule on [email protected] about post volume
  • there is no written rule on ponder.cat about post volume
  • !news is the one single community Cat was this active in
  • !news has no ponder.cat mods
  • from my understanding, all rules Cat did break were unrelated to volume (correct me if I am wrong)
  • ponder.cat admin @[email protected] reaches out to Cat via comment and then DM essentially threatening account deletion if Cat doesn’t lower their activity level
  • Cat understandably deletes their account because who wants that

Of course, PhilipTheBucket had the right to do this, but I also think it’s exceedingly bad form and people have a right to know that this admin is willing to go above the community mods’ head like that.

Internet etiquette has dictates for dealing with undesirable yet not rule-breaking behavior that was just ignored here. Communication should be chosen before simple fist waving and threats.

I agree with this comment that this is a bait-provoked reaction. Next time I recommend:

  • at the instance/admin level, the creation of instance rules about volume
  • at the community level, advocacy for community rules about volume (i.e. “[Meta] Petition: Limit daily submissions to !news to ensure community quality”)
  • avoid personal slapfights to get your way
  • avoid escalation directly to account termination threats

Source: https://ponder.cat/post/1731587

  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
    208·
    6 days ago

    Same admin that asked if he was in the wrong for banning someone that reported a comment that he thought was fine. Response was basically unanimous that he was in the wrong.

    Naturally, he doubled down and decided that he was absolutely in the right. I blocked him and the instance and am definitely happy with that choice.

    In the linked thread here, the admin even says “This is a super weird and authoritarian philosophy,” when someone called out the bans as power tripping 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 because e-stalking people and banning them for participating in other communities is absolutely not authoritarian at all

      • Universal MonkEnglish
        3·
        10 hours ago

        Also, Phillip complains about people posting a lot, when he’s posts a shit ton too. I see his fucking name almost more than any other name.

        As a result of him posting so fucking much, I accidently replied to one of his posts and he lost his shit and accused me of ban evasion. He reached out to mods, admin, asking people for supported, etc. Even tho I’m not banned from the instance or the community that I commented in. lol

        Actually Phillip complains a lot about a lot of things. lol

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      72·
      6 days ago

      I saw that one, not a great look for him, almost as if he was posting there simply so the other person couldn’t. Probably hoping he could spin it in a way people would see favorably, it did backfire on him though, greatly.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      107·
      6 days ago

      I certainly feel there is room for growth and improvement in that individual admin.