news: .world world news mod removed from world news (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I cannot repost what Flying Squid was posting here, because it involved highly disturbing and dangerous content, including:

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Graphic content, harassment, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, which I reported immediately.

While this behavior is shocking, it’s not completely out of left field, as members of this community and platform will already be familiar with their behavior. Flying Squid has long been regarded as one of the least productive and most problematic mods on all of Lemmy, often picking fights and abusing their mod privileges. I view this change as a positive step for Squid, .world, and Lemmy as a whole.

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[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah, picking the argument with the user in the first place didn't seem like a smart move. I think he likes to argue with people on the internet, which is fine obviously, but it's better to keep it separate from being a moderator. I agree with you that it's not exactly power tripping, but he shouldn't have been in the argument in the first place and he was absolutely the primary aggressor.

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

Agreed

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