Got banned twice for nothing? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I dont know why? I didnt post anything there.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

The creator of Pleasant Politics made an automod bot that will preemptively ban someone if they receive a high ratio of downvotes anywhere on lemmy, not just in its own community. It's to prevent bad actors and trolls from being able to post in there at all.

Notice the link in the ban reason of your screenshot, which explains what it is and how it works.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

That is a bad bot lol.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

You can post in a lot of lemmy's that attract bad actors to your post. It's not instantly equals = bad. Seems very limited imo...

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

It seems to work fairly well overall. It weighs downvotes based on how reliable the downvoter is (to make it harder for people to artificially get someone banned), and will automatically remove the ban if you don't continue to get downvoted a lot over the course of a month. Bear in mind it only effects bans from the Pleasant Politics community, and nowhere else.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago

That is an extremely goofy way to moderate a community.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

I wouldn't use it for an entire server, but It was an interesting experiment for that one community, IMHO. I think the lack of solid moderation tools on lemmy at the time influenced the motivation behind it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

I guess if it's primarily intended as an experiment that makes sense.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Last time I checked the community was exclusively an experiment for alternate and experimental ways of automoderation. It is worthwhile even when it fails. But do not go there unless you are ready for unexpected behaviors like this.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Based on the user's very-limited post and comment history, the bot is severely malfunctioning. I could only find one single item (a comment) where the downvotes outweighed the upvotes.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Hm, that is odd. Unless OP deleted their more controversial posts/comments, they really ought not've been banned. Though perhaps their sparse activity is working against them in the bot's eyes?

@[email protected], did Santabot glitch out in this case?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

No, I didnt delete anything.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

you have been made moderator of /c/north_korea

you have been banned from /c/north_korea

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Feddit.kp bans for everyone!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

That insurance is like 12 morons on 100 accounts. You'll miss out on nothing except a bunch of posts by day old accounts asking "but what if ...?"

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