Image description: Showing a log of moderation about us. We featured a post in this community, the post being “Just Say No to AI” and got banned from several communities promoting AI.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    Not really. We like to think of Lemmy as so much different from Reddit, but the same shit happens here. On Reddit, you have one mod (or, Power Trippin’ Bastard as they’re sometimes called here) who runs multiple subreddits, and if you step on their toes, they ban you from all of them. On Lemmy, you get a lot of the same.

    You run a comm called “Anti-AI.” People see that and ban you from pro-AI comms. It’s petty and childish and honestly it should feel like “the trash took itself out.” I’m even fine with it because on Lemmy, all votes are public. On Reddit, they were by default but you could hide yours. So if you’re anti-AI and you just downvote AI slop as you see it, they’re saving you some time by banning you from said comm. As you say, it’s a badge of honour.

    Don’t get me wrong, petty bans are petty bullshit, but, people gonna people.