Just started Lemmying today. Have lots of questions. Someone mentioned mod logs, so I went down a rabbit hole reading mod logs. The only reason I left reddit was because many mods are dicks. But reading the logs, it seems mods ban people and censor like crazy here too. Isnāt Lemmy supposed to be more free and open? How is this different from Reddit? I honestly donāt understand.
Iāve been hearing arbitrary ban in reddit, also heard the same complain here but itās mostly from individual that have comment with thinly veiled vitriol. Still, thereās a few incident with power mods, but iirc itās been resolved. Might pop up in the future though.
The culture here is a bit different due to the nature of self hosting, sometime admin get called power tripping but then itās their server and people who contributed to the cost have no problem with the rule being set up and enforced.
My thing is vitriol should be allowed. Some people deserve vitriol. Same for trolling. Sometimes trolling is funny. Mods get carte blanche to decide what goes. Iām not trying to pretend to be Mr Rogers to keep from getting banned.
the good news is that if you dislike/disagree with any decision by a mod or admin youāll always still have the option to either:
- Instance Hopš
- Host Your Own Instanceš¤
