Resolved: Was banned for 3 days from News seemingly for no reason, no message, nothing just found it scrolling through the modlog (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Edit: @Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com Contacted the moderator who did it on my behalf who admitted that this was a mistake, he sends his apologies. This incident though does highlight though the need for ban notifications as well as the need for a modmail system to contact community and site moderators.

I have left the post up with the original contents bellow as I feel it would be wrong to delete the post and rob people of the valuable information it contains, both in the post itself and in the comment section.

I messaged a mod from the community, not sure if that was the one who did it but this was weird. Not sure if it's power-tripping probably a mistake but it's certainly weird and seems like a knee jerk reaction since I didn't have activity in those last 10 days (I checked for votes too). Also no other bans in the modlog for "sock puppet account" so I don't even know why I would be singled out.

Why would someone think I was a sock puppet account? Because I have multiple accounts on different instances? Really weird...

Account is @Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world, I didn't post from that account since I try to keep each account on each separate instance (helps prevent accidental vote manipulation).

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[-] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm wondering if it was just because you have alts? But it's not against any rules to have alts afaik so long as you're not doing vote manipulation etc. And yours are clearly identifiable which is another point in your favour here. If you want me to reach out to the mod who banned you on your behalf, just let me know. They might not answer me, but it's maybe worth a shot.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

How can you tell that they have alts?

[-] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just search by user for "Draconic" and they are all clearly labelled. Personally I don't really see the point of it, but I don't really see a problem with it either.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

News comm going really crazy lately. Especially with having sudden new rules like you can't question mod actions in comments or ask why something was removed

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I messaged a mod from the community, not sure if that was the one who did it but this was weird.

Lemmy really needs a modmail function. Playing mod roulette when asking questions is a fucking pain.

[-] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

If you get banned from an instance, this won’t help. They delete the account outright and all its posts and founded communities.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

I agree, this is really stupid having to message mods individually. @dessalines@lemmy.ml (maybe it was nutomic, I don't really remember right now) says it's because they don't want Lemmy to be a messaging platform, that mods should use external tools. I disagree. We need modmail and adminmail functions native to Lemmy, not needing to use funky bots or external tools.

We also need for bans to notify the people they're given to, otherwise it's as bad as shadowbans. I could've probably reached out about this days ago but I didn't even know it had happened, I don't look myself up in the modlog, I was looking to see if an unrelated incident had been actioned. Who knows when I would've found out if I hadn't been combing the modlog, weeks, months, would I have ever?

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Bans do notify, I believe, if you're on the same instance as the community.

[-] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't think so, my account and the community in question are both on Lemmy.world and I never got any ban notification.

Edit, nope, doesn't notify. Just made a community on sh.itjust.works and banned my account there. The ban is shown in the sidebar but it doesn't give a notification when it happens, only indication when it is active.

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