this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31072292

Summary:

I downvoted pro-AI comments in a post in leftymemes community. It was LLM generated polandball comic (Which is objectively pathetic as fuck) that showed up on my feed, blocked couple of users who I thought were unhinged, and have blocked the whole instance on my client after realizing how rabid these morons are.

I didn't go looking for AI posts like a vigilante.

One user in question got miffed for being downvoted and banned me from places they moderate.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if the users who champion AI crap ask ChatGPT how to respond to critics?

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

YDI. I'm sick and tired of you damn .world shitlibs thinking you own the fediverse and everyone has to follow your rules. And when some corner of it doesn't, you come unhinged and resort to bigotry and harassment.

You lot are literally some of the absolute worst examples of humanity on Lemmy.

[–] kux@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

after reading this saw that i was banned too. i don't mind (never noticed), but was interested to look up the details

that mushroom comm has 11 posts and two comments. since there's only 11 posts it's not too onerous to check the votes on lemvotes.org

links + countsdown/up, posts in order of when i looked just now
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45950804
2/3
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45784195
4/2
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45774194
7/7
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43543105
6/9
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43536774
7/9
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43509663
7/9
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42804147
10/8
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42750959
10/10
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42746816
11/7
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42545052
10/8
https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/42534950
11/10

total is 85 down / 82 up (167 total votes including default upvote)

that's 180 total interactions.

the modlog:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/modlog/1406343

shows approx 20 bans per page for 20 pages

there's over double the amount of bans than there are total interactions in the whole comm

ptb easy

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

I never check...I just ramble until it eventually breaks. To some degree I am just trying to see if freedom of speech exsist on Lemmy. I am on a mission. Also curious how the whole banning thing is gonna pan out. It is like you paint yourself into a corner that is a circle jerk. Such is life. Online life is really just projection so I lean in.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I immediately block any community built on slop. I would be elated if they did the work for me.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If only people would follow your example instead of bullying and harassing our mods.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I have also been banned from some stupid communities because of mods who just ban users from everything they mod. Being banned removes the ability to block the community, but doesn't hide it from All.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried blocking them manually from Settings> Blocks?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Didn't know that was an option, thank you!

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 12 points 2 days ago

Upvotes and downvotes aren't a "I like/dislike this" button, they're meant to highlight comments that are contributing positively and constructively to the discussion, showcase insightful comments, or to filter out irrelevant content.

YDI for misusing the buttons.

[–] pendant@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago (8 children)

YDI. !fuck_ai@lemmy.world is cringe. Let people enjoy things

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

Eh I think this post is just attempting to keep the drama going now that the original died down.

Stick to judgement about the bans, don't start rehashing and slap fights about genai here.

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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

Broke the rules, got punished for it. YDI.

[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago (16 children)

Seems fair enough to me. Why would a mod of a genAI community want people with a history of being anti-genAI in their community causing problems? And why would you even want to go visit that community in the first place, unless you wanted to cause problems. Imo this is a win-win situation. YDI.

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[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I downvoted an AI post once and a mod banned me from multiple AI subs for being involved in "Vote manipulation".

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[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

The entitlement is running strong in those anti-GenAI evangelists, thinking they can just wander into someones home turf and behave like shit, and then complain if there are consequences. YDI

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