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They also give no reason at all

There's an automated bot in LW that sends users the reason for why their content got removed or why they got banned, etc. Not only that, but every communities modlogs are public. You either could have received a reason by the bot or you could have checked the modlogs. And also, the title or the content is not the only factor I take into account when I remove someone's post. I, for example, also consider how the OP behaves in the comments section to determine if the post is made just for the OP to troll people or not. I might also lock the post if the post gets too many reports or there's too much drama going on in the comments section.

And by the way, the reason why I deleted it for rule 3 is very obvious:

2 days ago mod Removed Post What are the best sweet vegetables and savory fruits?
reason: rule 3 and 5

I imagine the moderator feels that you are flooding the community with nonsense as described in the rule about spam. It's likely that moderators in communities with fewer posts and fewer voters take a more active role in removing content they feel is low-quality, while post volume and voting would hide such content from most users in a higher-volume community.

Hello,

Do you have any example, with a link to the modlog? Your fruit example seems strange.

I am on Lemmy because on Reddit, a subreddit moderator went through my post history, saw me complaining about them taking down a post for no reason, and decided that was brigading. They proceeded to have my account banned from Reddit entirely for ban evasion, something I did not do. Whatever Lemmy moderators are or are not removing, I am certain they are more reasonable and judicious than any Reddit moderator.

Typically the mod log will give a reason for the removal. The link to the mod log is in the footer if you're using the web interface.

Some communities have shit moderators, just like Reddit.

If you don’t like the mods in a community, start an alternative community and publicize it.

Lemmy is no more or less arbitrary in its enforcement. It's slightly different in what is acceptable, but that's to be expected.

My first point is that Lemmy/Kbin is a community run community. The moderators are volunteers, and so are the admins. Please keep that in mind. We have families, jobs, and other commitments. Moderating is something we do to contribute to that community, not something we are paid to do or have to do. It's not a power trip, it's a gift of unpaid labor.

My second point is that many posts/comments are clearly follow the rules, or clearly break the rules. But some sit in a grey zone where it's not entirely clear. Whether such a post/comment breaks the rules might be a matter of perspective, might require the mod to try to guess the intent of the author, or might require consideration of detail that is not explicitly stated in the rules. For a particular post/comment, the author might think it was reasonable, but what they may not know is that we received reports from other users. Ultimately, someone has to make that call, and that's what mods do.

[email protected] is the largest community I help mod, so I can really only talk about it, but from what I've seen mods try to moderate fairly, reasonably and in the best interests of the community. That's why sometimes you might see a post from a mod asking for community input into how to apply the rules.

Some of your recent posts, including this one, are examples of ones that tend to sit in the grey zone. The nature of the questions, and the way that you frame them could be interpreted as spam, or as enabling pedophilia, as astroturfing, or as in the case of this post outside of the intent of the community (I'll let it slide because it's important discussion about community governance). On the other hand, they could also be interpreted as entirely reasonable questions that fit the community. Only you know your intent, so the mods have to make a call based on what they can see on their screens. That tends to be done on the basis of balance of probabilities, NOT beyond reasonable doubt.

For this community, I disagree that topics are removed if they are controversial. They are removed if a mod thinks they break the rules, or the TOS, or are outside the purpose of the community. The moderation in other communities may differ however.

Next time that happens take note of both the community and instance it happened on. The mod log is public. Check it.

Edit: also, if you're referring to this community specifically, always feel free to reach out

One way to avoid this is to not post on lemmy.ml

One part of it that hasn't been mentioned here yet is that admins moderate the moderating of moderators more. As a mod, I've gotten admins for example asking me why the inbox has been unchecked after a few days. The place I think is trying not to repeat Reddit's "anarchy" if that's the right word to use.

My best comments (global warming denial) were removed. I was very proud of them: they achieved -125 points. I also was banned from lemmy.ml due to it

https://endlesstalk.org/comment/6471802

i don't know what you're talking about OP. i love it here. we need a place where radical liberals can call for change by whatever means necessary without getting modded by lame centrists.