I was just perusing the modlog when I noticed something interesting. Apparently posting news about Gaza/Palestine is not allowed on !worldnews@sh.itjust.works. I decided to check the side bar and didn’t see anything. The only pinned post also does not indicate that this is not allowed

edit: the mod in question is @Eyekaytee@aussie.zone . sorry for not originally tagging. i hadn’t realized it was a rule that this must be done. i thought it seemed inappropriate since i was trying to initiate a conversation about a community’s rules and culture rather than start drama about an individual

  • Ĉielkorpo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    6·
    8 days ago

    Huh, i actually didn’t notice. I mostly only moderate on this community when it’s breaking of instance rules or clear spam, but i leave the actual moderation per comm guidelines to Unruffled or db0. I didn’t even know we have a ‘accused PTB can’t respond’ rule lol, but i have only banned their main, and it was a couple of months ago, unrelated to this post.

    But yea you raise a good point. @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com @Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com what do you two think ?

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
      5·
      8 days ago

      You should aim to follow the sidebar rules .

      There is no “accused PTB can’t respond”. I don’t know what either of you are talking about. We explicitly allow PTBs to respond. Just not by opening new threads about it.

      • goat@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communityEnglish
        22·
        8 days ago

        Yeah, but what about the majority of posts made in this community not actually following these guidelines and rules?

        • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
          5·
          8 days ago

          I’m not as anal about rules like other mods. I understand that people often don’t see the sidebars and mistakes happen easily. So long as things tend to follow the spirit of the comm, I tend to let things go or just ask the OP to amend their post. The rules are there to help people follow the spirit of the comm.

          • goat@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communityEnglish
            23·
            8 days ago

            do you think this community will accept if a moderator featured in this community used your comment as an excuse for their moderation?

            • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
              5·
              8 days ago

              It depends? I think you’re still under the mistaken idea that this comm judges mods on how well they follow their printed rules, rather than how much of a power-trippin’ bastard they’re being. A mod can have bastardly written rules and follow them to a T and we’d still call them bastards for having such rules.

                • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
                  7·
                  8 days ago

                  Why did I just know you were simply building up to a gotcha 🙄

                  If you feel I’m being a PTB, make a post about it in this comm.

                  • goat@sh.itjust.worksBanned from communityEnglish
                    15·
                    8 days ago

                    if you were aware of your own hypocrisy then that’s on you