Are we all "Anti-AI Trolls"? Enforcement of instance rules and community standards. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I hope I'm not exposing myself to some kind of retailation, but here it goes.

It has been brought to my attention in a totally unrelated discussion that moderator(s) of [email protected] and [email protected] hosted here on db0 seemingly randomly ban users (including me) which had never ever even interacted with the community as being "Anti-AI Trolls", "Neoliberals" or other names. Some other users are banned for "Vote Manipulation" (what does that even mean?! you still addicted to reddit's karma or what?).

While I totally don't mind these communities, content served by them and their rules as stated in the sidebar, I somehow found myself caring for what lemmy.dbzer0.com represents in the fediverse. I am of strong stance that such behaviour like described above (proactively banning random users) stands in a potential violation of The Golden Rules which are the foundation of this instance. This starts to be noticeable and brings negative perception of our instance.

I claim that such behaviour is in contradiction of rules calling for cooperative participation in the community by creating "closed garden" of only the most trusted users by the moderation where noone else can participate. The rules under which someone is banned are not clear, bans are not directly connected to any particular user comment and/or action.

I call for the community to voice their oppinion about this matter and if the community agrees with my objection to such behaviour as described above, I call for a proper action to be taken to enforce the community standards.

Thank you.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Holy shit, this thread. What the fuck is happening to Lemmy?! Shit is getting crazy. Now we even have extremist anti-AI people. Are they just looking for shit to be angry and extreme about?! What shit are they gonna be mad about, tomorrow?

I love AI. I get that some people don't, but some of them are starting to become the fuckin UniBomber about it. lol

AI has made my life better and way more fun.

Stay mad, Luddites.

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

God, this thread is awful. People will really find any excuse to be transphobic/shitty in general. I might be one of these 'anti-AI trolls' (which I'll admit is half right), but this reaction is completely out of proportion and in no way acceptable. I'm sorry Mystic and the dbzero team are having to deal with this (again).

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

I start to regret that I opened my mouth

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I laughed when I noticed they cross-banned me for being anti-AI because it was long after I had blocked the subs specifically because they are for posting generative AI drivel. As soon as any of them show up on my feed, I block them. Stable_diffusion, perchance, anything specifically appended with "AI..."

Hey, dipshit mod: it's not trolling if we're not coming into your place and talking shit about your shit.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 13 hours ago

Okay so it wasn't just me. Not sure what triggered it. I'm not anti-AI, I'm just worried about the ethical and environmental aspects. If that makes me an anti-AI troll then block me from the whole instance.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

A talented person who makes their money fairly wont be selfish because they know they can always make more. A person who lies cheats and steals for money will be selfish because they are insecure in their talents.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Ban me next! I am an anti AI troll!

Fuck AI, it sucks and will always suck! The basic idea that you can make a huge database of words in """""context""""" and make that intelligent is WRONG! That's not how brains work and not how intelligence works, or can work.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago

Ban me next! I am an anti AI troll!

Banned for not saying please 😠

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[-] [email protected] 24 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

ah ok I thought you just wanted to post about being moderated in way you didn't like. For a larger discussion about what kind of moderation policies we tolerate, this kind of post belongs in [email protected] . I would suggest you post it there instead and make sure you add the string governance type: sense check in the end

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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

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