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

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UPDATE: The Unbans are showing up on modlog now.:

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~~I have traded the month-long ban in the many communities for a 6-day ban in vegan@lemmy.dbzero.com, which is a more reasonable ban~~. this ban has also been lifted now. I appreciate the cooperation from the mod over this misunderstanding.

So it seems i've gotten a month-long ban in..... over 30 communities across lemmy.dbzer0.com, sopuli.xyz, lemmy.ca, programming.dev, and several others, for this comment here.

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It's directly replying to a comment saying they can't imagine why anyone thought otherwise about fish feeling pain, which is reasonable. You might notice the quotation marks, because it's satirizing people's mental gymnastics about fishes' pain perception. It was meant in jest, exclusively.

It seems likely that a single mod took this joke wrong and chose to ban me on every community they have control over.

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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

This is really hilarious but also thanks for sharing all the instances to steer clear of lol

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

To me the "joke" wasn't even that funny, more like middle school snark. The whole thing seems like an extreme overreaction.

[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

I didn't know PETA modded communities on Lemmy

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 13 points 18 hours ago

This platform just doesn't get satire or sarcasm, does it?

[-] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 16 hours ago

Just from personal experience: there seems to be an undercurrent of opinion that sarcasm and irony lead us into narcissistic dystopia fast.

As witnessed by the many ironic Redditches that turned bloody fast: There are just too many Psychopaths willing to take over and use it to lure the apparently plentiful masses of stupid people in (Biden-Bro and The-Donald come to mind).

I know certainly myself have tried to make this place less toxic by beeing less sarcastic. It's not about getting it and more of a conscious choice for me. As a side effect, I feel less bitter or disconnected from my life, so that is a net win.

Do I miss beeing an ironic, sarcastic ass sometimes? Absolutely. But it is not the good place I want to hang out at.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Seems weird that you got banned for a comment but the comment itself wasn't removed.

Anyway I think bans very often mean, "Your comment made me angry, so as a mod or admin I found a stick I can hit you with." And when it comes down to it, people who run websites don't have to publish anything they (or their proxies) don't like.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 11 points 18 hours ago

The ban was for a different community. Sunshine saw their comment and went "that person sucks I'll ban them from my sub[s]"

I don't think she was a mod where the comment was made

Also she claims she accidentally hit "ban them from everywhere I moderate" instead of "also remove their posts and comments" so maybe the comment would have survived anyway

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