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1. The "good" part of our community means we are pro-empathy and anti-harassment. However, we don't intend to make this a "safe space" where everyone has to be a saint. Sh*t happens, and life is messy. That's why we get things off our chests.

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3. Frustrated, venting, or angry posts are still welcome.

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Ex Reddit moderators and the API debacle (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Having just experienced my first comment removals without any sort of notification or explanation, I was suddenly reminded of how things went down on Reddit during the API thing and people's attitude towards it.

Do you know why the API thing failed to cause a mass exodus? Because the moderators were spearheading it. The same people that have been doing things like setting up automod with buzzwords because they're too busy collecting subs to control to actually do their jobs, and silently removing non rule breaking comments without notification or explanation, and being cold unfriendly dickheads whenever you questioned them; suddenly these assholes were asking us to all join them in solidarity and feel sorry for them over their lost modding tools in 3rd party apps.

And it made me realise that a good majority of these moderators that spent years on Reddit campaigning for less transparency and helping to turn it into the shit hole it is now, are probably here on Lemmy.

I don't know where exactly I'm going with this other than to say that I'm seeing things here with new eyes now. Just wanted to get these fun facts off my chest and remind everyone about who we're actually dealing with here.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so basically, in addition to blocking the community in question, I probably need to somehow label and remember the user that was having a 'discussion' with me and avoid interacting with them in future.

The only people worse than these clowns that will have a 'discussion' with you while downvoting everything you say are clowns that will have a 'discussion' with you while reporting any comment they don't like.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Tbf, I believe it's the automod. I dunno what happens when/ if/ after a human mod reviews the comment. Maybe a mod can chime in.