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Hello everyone. I apologize for the rollercoaster ride in this community over the past week and a half. I have one more change to announce: @[email protected] has been removed as the community moderator. This is in response to multiple private complaints from community members, as well as behaviors inside and outside this community that were brought to the admin team’s attention.

I made the mistake of shortcutting the usual lemmy.world processes when I appointed the user as the new mod. If anyone would like to volunteer to become the new community moderator, you can email [email protected] and make a request. The lemmy.world community team will follow their process from there.

Again, I apologize for all the rapid changes.

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[–] orangeNgreen 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If not already done, I’d ask that @[email protected] be unbanned.

[–] kersploosh 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, Blaze has been unbanned from the community.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Thank you so much!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

The previous mod mentioned "spamming", while the real reason was probably describing their erratic moderation behaviour, especially removing threads where people disagreed with them

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I have never come across a community that had so many moderator posts. I also have never come across a moderator who liked the sound of their own voice so much.

Glad they are gone.

Hopefully there will be some actual content in here going forward to replace the drama.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I couldn't put it better. Every time I saw a post from them here, I always thought, "again!?!?".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

That's what I thought seeing this post lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you very much for your prompt and transparent action!

At this point, is there any chance of restoring the lost poll and poll discussion threads in some form?

Though I can understand the poster's reasons for wanting the threads erased, it would be a shame if they were lost entirely into the digital aether. The threads contained some useful discussion from community members which could help shape the future direction of this community.

If anyone would like to volunteer to become the new community moderator, you can email [email protected] and make a request.

I could tentatively volunteer, though I am already stretched a bit thin with other communities, and would not have as much time to devote to this community as the previous mod. Should I still apply?

Might I also nominate @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected]? All are fairly active lemmings who contributed to thoughtful discussion in the aforementioned threads. Perhaps we could serve as interim moderators until someone better is found.

[–] kersploosh 3 points 9 months ago

At this point I think I'll leave those posts deleted. OP changed the post titles before deleting, then subsequently deleted their account and all comments, so the discussions in those posts are full of holes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Well that was quick. lmao

[–] deweydecibel 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, what happened? Did they do anything other than just post a lot? Thought it was a little annoying but not anything worth removing them over.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Apparently banned people who disagreed with them and generally abused their mod power to drive their agenda rather than simply securing the rules of the community.

[–] elbarto777 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you going to unban the users this individual banned for being whistleblowers?

[–] kersploosh 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I only see Blaze in the modlog, and that user has been unbanned. If you are aware of other users that are somehow not in the modlog then let me know.

[–] elbarto777 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not at the moment. And thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] elbarto777 3 points 9 months ago

Oh, don't mention it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I have sent an email