Are we all "Anti-AI Trolls"? Enforcement of instance rules and community standards. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by MigratingApe@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I hope I'm not exposing myself to some kind of retailation, but here it goes.

It has been brought to my attention in a totally unrelated discussion that moderator(s) of !stable_diffusion_witches@lemmy.dbzer0.com and !stable_diffusion_mycology@lemmy.dbzer0.com hosted here on db0 seemingly randomly ban users (including me) which had never ever even interacted with the community as being "Anti-AI Trolls", "Neoliberals" or other names. Some other users are banned for "Vote Manipulation" (what does that even mean?! you still addicted to reddit's karma or what?).

While I totally don't mind these communities, content served by them and their rules as stated in the sidebar, I somehow found myself caring for what lemmy.dbzer0.com represents in the fediverse. I am of strong stance that such behaviour like described above (proactively banning random users) stands in a potential violation of The Golden Rules which are the foundation of this instance. This starts to be noticeable and brings negative perception of our instance.

I claim that such behaviour is in contradiction of rules calling for cooperative participation in the community by creating "closed garden" of only the most trusted users by the moderation where noone else can participate. The rules under which someone is banned are not clear, bans are not directly connected to any particular user comment and/or action.

I call for the community to voice their oppinion about this matter and if the community agrees with my objection to such behaviour as described above, I call for a proper action to be taken to enforce the community standards.

Thank you.

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[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

I agree that random blocking sours the reputation.

The only thought I can conjure is perhaps a mod got pissed about a post and banned everyone from a thread, including commentators defending our even just neutrally discussing AI.

I think more detail, perhaps direct comment from the mod(s) involved, is warranted.

As to "vote manipulation", brigading or mass vote blasts are against the rules but harder to pass muster on a bit.

Again, the mod should have a chance to respond for sure.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago

The mod in question is apparently convinced that Lemmy is full of "anti-AI trolls" who are planning to brigade their communities with mass downvotes, accuse them of pedophilia, send death threats, and all kinds of stuff.

“From the moment I started the [redacted] community here people have been brigading it trying to suppress it, and had I not had the sense to ban the droves of anti-AI trolls who come to downvote it into oblivion. They probably would be continuing to do so in insanely large volume. A lot of the users who come to downvote do so with empty no content accounts, but a lot are also trolls from the !fuck_AI@lemmy.world community. I’ve also received a fair amount of harassment including threats and bad faith accusations from it like people saying I’m a pedophile or saying I’m pretending to be nonbinary over the fact that I like and use genAI. Really awful behavior that has no place on this instance of this community.”

-https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43560521

And so, the only solution is to cast about for random people all over the Lemmyverse (including me, well known hater of all things AI) and send out bans like stray beads of spittle flying from a drunk politician's mouth. Obviously. It's the only way to keep us safe.

I feel like it's a toss-up whether this person is stirring drama on purpose (trying to create "pro-AI" and "anti-AI" camps and instigate disagreements between them), or whether they've just got some screws loose and like to paint themselves as the victim of a vast conspiracy and also enjoy using the "ban" button that comes with their UI. IDK. It's not really that big a deal, honestly, I feel like it could be solved in a day or so with some frank conversations and openness on all sides. I'm not sure why so little energy is going towards that, and why so much energy is going towards deciding which specific strictures we're going to have the software enforce on all of us going forward and who the enemy needs to be.

Something is weird about it, that's all I can really say.

[-] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The mod in question is apparently convinced that Lemmy is full of “anti-AI trolls” who are planning to brigade their communities with mass downvotes, accuse them of pedophilia, send death threats, and all kinds of stuff.

Well yeah, there are bots made in zir username that were horrid and mocking zir because zir mods a space on the internet. Calling zir a pig, misgendering, saying pigs are tasty, etc.

What would you call that if not harassing? Our admins can confirm this.

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

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