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Is there anything that can be done about troll powermods? (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I logged into Kbin today to see 18 notifications where the same guy banned me from all of their magazines for downvoting them.

I was only subscribed to 1 of those magazines, but it's still annoying to wake up to 18 ban messages from someone who got easily angered from a downvote.

(Side note: IMO, this is why being able to see downvotes is bad. Even if anyone could see them by spinning up their own instance, that's a lot of work compared to pressing 2 buttons.)

I've blocked the guy, but is there anything that can be done to stop this from proliferating across the site?

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

To be fair, wouldn't an admin always be able to see your downvotes, even without the current completely open view of it? Admins in general usually get information you're not privy to on sites.

That said, your best bet would be to just find magazines that offer the same thing, just not run by him. Or make a new one. If he keeps it up you'd likely get traffic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This wasn't an admin, just a mod.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like he got you for a couple more just recently.

Looking through your post history, I don't agree with the "Troll" statement being tied to those bans...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That was me banning him, a gut reaction on my part when I noticed. Maybe childish, but when they revealed himself as a bad actor I didn't want them coming into my communities.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

looks like he's owner and sole moderator for several magazines

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well if someone made a magazine that's absolutely unique in history and cannot be duplicated then yeah that might be a concern. But, honestly why not make a rival mag or find a simliar one to migrate to? There's plenty of magazines in the sea. If this guy has 18 that are squarely in your wheelhouse and there are no other options, you could make 18 new ones or boogie on over to the next instance.

I'm not saying we shouldn't be fussy about admins being adults and acting fairly. Just that we're still early in the ballgame here and the whole thing of four-mods-owning-800-subreddit things or whatever really shoudln't happen here for any good reason.

[–] 99nights 2 points 1 year ago

I see nothing has changed from reddit with these childish, power hungry mods. That's such a shame.

Lol, will you even still be alive in 80 years?

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