This one requires a bit of background.:
Hexbears keep opening the_dunk_tank posts about our mods and our instance in violation of their own comm rules. That compels me to go in them and try to correct the bad faith disinformation being peddled about us.
In one such thread one commenter made a reply to me ending it with "disengage", which was a clear indication they didn't want to engage in discussion any more, which I respected.
Note that there's no indication of how disengagement works in any sidebars. And even their own Code of Conduct, merely states:
So it appeared to me this is how it works.
Later in the thread, someone kept making bad faith replies and at some point I thought, "I'll just use this handy disengage rule to avoid being further provoked". So I did, at which point I was gleefully and summarily banned by the mod with the following comment, to which I couldn't respond anymore of course.
Now I knew already that plenty of hexbears had a grudge against me for rejecting "left unity", so they were just looking for an excuse to get rid of me, they finally found enough of a plausible gotcha and all they could think of for the reason was "liberal". Note that the first person "abusing the disengage rule" was never banned or affected in any way.
Ultimately this led me to being banned from hexbear itself, but that's a post for another day.
So what do you think? Am I "liberal "enough to deserve a ban for "abusing" an unwritten disengage rule. Power trippin' mod or nah?
What difference does it make once she admitted it? Anyway I wasn't aware that lemmy deanonymizes for admins tbh as I only use this account. I'll keep it in mind for the future.
The power abuse was the banning as I have clearly stated?
that's completely irrelevant to whether someone abuse mod powers.
"You were liberal in the defense of the meme"? Wtf does that even mean? If you're saying that your mods can just YOLO ban people based on vibes and then justify it by calling them "liberals" , I'd still call it power tripping.
Anyway I think I've been pretty clear that I think the mod is hypocritical and used their mod power because they have a grudge and you haven't said anything to dissuade me. And honestly it doesn't matter. She's your mod, not mine. Do what you want and I reserve the right top criticize them as your whole community criticizes us.
I already have told you it's ok to criticize us. I don't particularly mind the dunk tank posts about us which is why I don't particularly care to be your snitch. I care however about a community constantly spreading disinfo and then banning is us "liberals" for trying to defend ourselves. I only point out your hypocrisy in keeping a community around whose members routinely violate it's own rules with abandon.
This is because you consider this comm as alike dunk tank, which it isn't. This comm criticizes mods and admins, not random takes. But it just goes to showing how biased you are that you think we're secretly bigoted because I dare to call you hypocrites.
And yet, the latter is routinely on the menu. Your delayed mod actions once the party is over don't change that fact. The idea that you're not about bullying is rich when you literally have respected hexbears claiming that bullying randos is great praxis. Or do you you think that so much of lemmyverse has defederated from hexbear specifically due to bullying and brigades is just propaganda?
Please do point out my own hypocrisy. You said I don't allow criticism of me and my own mods. I do. Even in this comm. What else have you got?
I find that having a place for public criticism of power is healthy for a leftist spaces. I find that unchecked mods become incestuous and out of touch until they destroy their own spaces. But we don't have to agree.
I literally posted all that your coc says already in the op. It doesn't say anything about the word needing to be alone.
Don't fall for the usual Hexbear stuff where they pretend they're not just a bunch of trolls. And if you fart too loud, they'll somehow find transphobia in that.
I know, it's quite obvious they have weaponized trans issues and identity politics as a way to troll other instances. Just look how they went after the ml admins recently, and they are supposed to be best buds. It's like they've just got to have their weekly purge, or they don't feel right about the world lol.