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Moderation policies vs enforcement of instance rules. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/div0_governance@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I was encouraged to create an governance thread for discussion dedicated to community focused around the db0 lemmy instance users. Please see the linked post for context. I decided to leave my original post for potential discussion including voices of outsiders.

In short, not to duplicate information - I'd like to ask our community the following questions:

  1. Is the mod's behaviour of proactively banning users from moderated communities without clear violation in accordance to the instance rules, especially The Golden Rules, which call for "cooperative participation"?
  2. If yes, what actions can be proposed to be taken next to alleviate the issue, not only with the two directly mentioned communities in the linked post, but also others that potentially fall a victim to this kind of mod misbehaviour?

It should also be appropriate to hear the stance of the involved moderators, why they do what they do, but obviously it is up to them to provide clarifications.

Thank you in advance, I love you all.

governance type: sense check

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[โ€“] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While I generally do feel that some level of preemptive action is acceptable and even necessary for this type of community, some of the actions in question have been... extreme. And worse, some of the actions have been taken across communities that don't relate at all.

An example being the fairly recent discussion, in which a user found themselves banned from communities about AI art, PS2 games and Switch piracy because they downvoted one or two things they passed on all and didn't like. At this point, we've gone beyond any form of sanity in the actions.