Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
Rimu
What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
Kicking from all Matrix PieFed rooms
Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.
Rimu has been manufacturing non-stop drama for weeks. He ignores multiple offers from multiple parties to de-escalate, and now he bans someone for trying to promote non-discriminatory language. He has also now cut off a PieFed admin from any and all support and ability to contribute to the software.
Oh and the real kicker ? Rimu did all this after his big grand post about how he is stepping back from drama and hiding away from users.
the PTB continues
mia:
rimu:
mia:
kicked
when i read that post the subtext was always ‘i’m isolating myself from anyone critical, only interacting through alts and toadies going forward’
like say what you will about the lemmy devs they’ve received way more criticism, targeted harassment and smears over the years without needing to turn it into a big vendetta like this has been. for example i’ve said that i think nutomic should step back in the past because of his actions! while i wish he handled that situation better and
while i wish his apology for it was better,
at least since then he has left us alone and has largely stepped back from moderating things, rather than attempting to actively silence all dissent
Being a developer is difficult, because a lot of people pay attention to what you say. And any mistake can get a lot of visibility. Sometimes I wish that Lemmy was a company, with a community manager who takes care of these things. But anyway, it is how it is.
in your case as well it doesn’t help that there’s a subset of ideologically motivated people just waiting to jump on any comment to run a smear campaign on it.
for me actions speak louder than words and despite my initial disappointment following the dm leak, years have passed and i haven’t seen that turn into a pattern of behavior.
i will say i kind of prefer that lemmy isn’t a company, in part because frankly i trust a handful of communists to not just hand over user info and ip addresses to the alphabet boys more than i would any sort of company