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Admin Action and Mod Removal: (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by jordanlund@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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A recent post collected some comments by moderator Yobuckstopshere which were reported for being Covid misinformation. Further, comments calling out the misinformation were being removed.

This was reported to me, and after a short examination, I engaged the lemmy.world site admins who took the following actions:

Yobuckstopshere was removed as moderator from both Politics and World News. The comments were removed, and they were banned for 3 days.

This is tough for me since I value their contributions to Lemmy, and why I had to recuse myself beyond getting the Admins involved, but if it were anyone else, the comments would have been removed and the user banned, and so here we are.

Similarly, I don't like exposing behind the scenes drama so to speak, but I also believe in transparency in moderation action. It's why I reply to posts and comments before I remove them citing exactly why they are being removed. I feel everyone deserves to know why action is being taken.

Unlike reddit, there is a process for removing moderators who appear to have been acting in bad faith. Your first line of defense is other moderators, but we are also in regular contact with the lemmy.world admins whose decision is final.

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[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 13 points 11 months ago

This is exactly why I dont like that lemmy makes votes visible. Makes powertripping and targeted harassment so much easier.

[-] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What do you mean by "visible"? Just that you can see total upvotes vs. downvotes, or is there some way to actually see who upvoted and downvoted what?

This is a serious question. I have used Connect for Lemmy since basically day one, and the only thing I ever see is the aggregate total on any particular comment which is my personal preference anyway.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago

Lemmy doesn't show them, but the vote information is all public. People reading Lemmy posts via Kbin can see the voters.

[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 11 months ago

The votes are all visible to admins, with a built in back room toggle for making them public. Different instances change the amount of public info. I believe kbin makes it viewable by default? There are a few others.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

with a built in back room toggle for making them public

Not true. Votes are visible in the database but there is nothing built into lemmy for this.

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