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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/fuck_ai

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I'm now starting to wonder if it's a bug, but kind of astounded that I am seemingly the only person impacted. I only see myself added once. However, I have not been able to get any response from @[email protected]

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[–] TootSweet 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm apparently a mod as well. I was one of the first. Not that I've exercised my power any. But if I saw something that clearly needed deleted or had a flag to respond to, I'd do my best to address whatever issue had come up.

Also, I don't know precisely how I became a mod. I assumed VerbFlow just added me one day. (Edit: The modlog makes it seem that way.)

I can try removing you if I can figure out how. Heh... Though I doubt that'll prevent you from just being re-added.

Sounds like you're talking to the LW admins, which is probably a good idea.

I was about to say that maybe VerbFlow had a bot that was adding people as mods, but you'd think if a buggy bot readding you as mod was the issue, the bot readding you would show up as activity in the mod log. So, 🤷.

Edit: Ok. I figured out how to remove you as a mod. On Lemmy-UI, it's the "more" link on the post. The bottom option for me was "remove as mod." We'll see how long that lasts.

A screenshot of Lemmy-UI showing the "Remove as mod" option in the menu under the "more" button

Edit2: Also, @octopus_[email protected], could you link me to the modlog view you've got in the screenshot? In case more folks have this issue, I'd like to see if I can get a better understanding of what's going haywire so hopefully I as a mod can fix it without bugging the admins (if possible.) In looking at the modlog myself, so far I haven't found the instances of you trying to remove yourself as a mod that you have in the screenshot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Oddly the modlog is no longer showing me usernames, only "mod". But this is the link I've used unless I'm going nuts somehow:

~~https://lemmy.ml/modlog~~

No this link: https://lemmy.ml/modlog/535853 Though it does come up in the other also if you filter it.

I haven't reached out to admin yet - didn't occur to me until it was suggested earlier and I've been multitasking. :)

Ok. I figured out how to remove you as a mod.

I don't think I've been removed by another mod before - so maybe somehow this time it will stick? When I do it, it does seem to work, then a day or so later I notice I'm a mod again.

In any case, thank you!

[–] TootSweet 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Glad to help! Hopefully it sticks this time. Heh.

You know, I wonder if the issue isn't that the removing-yourself-as-mod action that you did on lemmy.ml maybe didn't properly federate back to lemmy.world . That at least makes sense in my brain.

Anyway, I'll keep my fingers crossed. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

You know, I wonder if the issue isn’t that the removing-yourself-as-mod action that you did on lemmy.ml maybe didn’t properly federate back to lemmy.world . That at least makes sense in my brain.

I could totally see that. Thanks again!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That seems to have been the problem because I'm still not a moderator. Yay! Thanks again!