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submitted 10 months ago by kabi@lemm.ee to c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca

alt textA screenshot shows a new linuxsucks community on the sh.itjust.works instance, a screenshot below it showing the moderator of the community getting banned five hours after its creation.

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[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 164 points 10 months ago
  • Dude sets up community, is sole moderator
  • Dude sets up autoban bot
  • Sole moderator makes a post
  • Autoban bot deletes the post and bans the sole moderator

Sounds like a typical Microsoft experience.

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 41 points 10 months ago

Made me think of this gem

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm still not convinced this isn't a bit, performance art, a very dedicated jester of some kind.

It's too perfect.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 65 points 10 months ago

Isn't that the one who thought they were being brigaded when people kept downvoting their posts?

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 10 months ago

Wait, the auto mod permabanned the actual mod? That’s hilarious.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Someone misconfigured something. Perhaps if they knew how a computer works this wouldn't have happened.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 35 points 10 months ago

poking fun at its cultish, toxic community.

I don't feel like I'm in a cult.

But then again...that's just what someone in a cult would say...

Oh..God...NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

/s (obviously)

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 10 months ago

Yes, saw that the other day as well, reminded me of the "flat earth discussion" policy initiated by LW and then cancelled due to the backlash, that was quite something

[-] guynamedzero@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Must be out of the loop, what’s LW?

[-] towerful@programming.dev 14 points 10 months ago
[-] guynamedzero@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes sense

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

A comedy in two acts. Well done.

[-] kabi@lemm.ee 14 points 10 months ago

Not sure why that post got removed specifically. I think it was just run of the mill linuxsucksposting.

[-] nesc@lemmy.cafe 18 points 10 months ago

Heavy handed moderation as audience likes it.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 9 points 10 months ago

It says "automod." Maybe there's a setting where things get deleted and users banned if they instantly get 10000 downvotes.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Was there anything wrong with c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world ? Maybe madthumbs has other grief with lemmy.world, I'm not sure.

[-] BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

It was an unpopular shitpost community.

As a Linux user, I can enjoy memes about real problems with Linux, but his posting went beyond memes and straight into hate boner territory. He once said something about how open source is bad because a company charging money for services creates jobs.

Anything other than circle jerking about 'Linux bad Windows good' got you banned.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

So, it was a problem with the community moderation then. The new community is moderated by the same person, no reason it will go any different then.

[-] BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Exactly. He's just looking for a place to stake his little fiefdom where he can circle jerk about how bad Linux is, no matter how incorrect he might be. There's no implying that Dear Leader is wrong, just stroke or get banned.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The moderation not so much the content was what was wrong with it.

Linux needs criticism and you hear the voices of the less tech savvy if it wants to grow its user base and gain wider adoption, similar to lemmy. But if that discussion is a bad faith, "Linux is bad and you can't change my mind" posts, with enforcement via moderation, then it's not useful to anyone really.

[-] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago

I use Linux and I think a lot of the criticisms are not only valid, but often hilarious. Everyone who uses Linux has funny stories about fucking up their system doing something they shouldn’t have.

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 5 points 10 months ago

I've totally done some things with dd which could have been in an episode of Silicon Valley.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

The moderation of the community or the instance? Madthumbs is also the mod at linuxsucks@lemmy.world

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 6 points 10 months ago

In This specific example, the issue was purely with the community and sole moderator.

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Ok, so the new community will not change anything in that regard.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

It was more Kauffman esque performance art.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I think that's the sad part. They got into genuine flame wars with people. The stuff they'd reply was 100% dead serious and sad. Nothing fun or hilarious in an ironic way. Just angry and sad.

[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago
[-] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

Jerry was a racecar driver

[-] Arcka@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

And he traveled with the carnival shows

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

This is like making a penguins suck thread on a forum for penguin enthusiasts.

[-] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I hope they can establish themselves somewhere, I wanna have a good laugh at their opinions every now and then.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

A lock without a key

[-] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

The reddit equivalent is just "my wife left me because of arch" shitposts now.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just a community with a couple of lazy memes. I didn't see what a big problem it may be.

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