Incase anyone tells you that lemmy.ml is not a tankie instance.
this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024
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i was recently banned from like 5 different ML communities, no clue why, hi ML admin or mod if you could tell me why that would be cool.
It was probably something stupid i did, i never read rules. (in my defense, they're always the same and i'm never going to follow them lmao) But regardless, silent bans are weird.
silent bans, aka "shadow bans", are deeply assholeish. But being an asshole is normal now. Which is messed up.
gotta love the internet now :)
Many of us are little totalitarian dictators just looking for a kingdom to rule. Like 10% of the population or something. Buncha psycho clowns.
we all do it from time to time. Though to be fair, my ban reason would be something stupid like "you smell funny" so
Speak for yourself
i believe that is what i am currently doing, but who knows, maybe free will isn't real.
modmin have the ability to shadow ban you?
All bans are silent if you never read your inbox 😉
i have combed through my inbox, there is nothing
i would've seen it, either im stupid and can't find it because i don't know how to use this platform (possibility)
or i never got it, for whatever reason.
I don't think Lemmy currently has notifications for moderation actions, but there are plans to add them: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4572
But this issue depends on other issues
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2441
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2444
ah, that would explain it.
Guess i'll have to hope i get unbanned and then banned again in a few years to find out why lol.
Well the reasons they provide im the modlog are absolutely ridiculous, it's mostly something like "Rule 1", "Rule 2" or something else absolutely stupid.
yeah that sounds about right. The mod logs aren't ever public are they? That would be nice, but i suppose it would probably fuck up moderation.
They are public, you can find the link to the modlog of an entire instance at the bottom of the page, or just by going to https://[your instance]/modlog
For an individual community, you can find the modlog in the sidebar:
that's, an odd place for that to be, but whoever said UI design was logical. Welp, i'll have to go dig through that later, thanks.
Don't worry, there's no reason to read the ML rules since they don't follow them anyway. 90% of bans there have nothing whatsoever to do with the rules.
However, I will say it's generally good practice to read the rules in other places.
based, generally i'll read rules if i'm ever posting actual posts, but since i comment 99% of the time, it really doesn't matter IMO.
You've provided totally inadequate context while seeking shallow bandwagon validation from idiots. It's not logical. And, you've made a bad faith request. Yet, logic and good faith discussion are prerequisites to the study of philosophy.
The core prerequisite for participation in communist discussion is a comprehensive understanding of Capital. If one demonstrates they didn't do the reading then they'll be told to shut the fuck up so as to not interfere with classroom discussion.
I've answered your bad faith request. It's more than you deserve. You should be thankful. But, you're likely angry. No good deed goes unpunished. I'll not even see your response.
i have no more context than anyone else here lmao.
is ml a commie instance? Am i just stupid and didn't notice this? I just thought it was the other main lemmy instance. It just happened to have a lot of tankies by chance.
you're also not an ML instance user, so i'm not sure how you're answering this lmao.
ok