• go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    FYI - the owner of this site, gamingonlinux, was a mod on the !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml community until they were caught abusing their moderator powers. Then they deleted their account and complained on mastodon that it’s stupid design that mod logs are public.

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      23 days ago

      I’m boosting this and the screenshots too, but just thought I’d point out for quick scrollers that it does not seem as dramatic as this comment initially lets you believe.

      I mean it’s awkward, but just seems more like your usual social awkwardness/incompetence than malicious behavior as such.

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        23 days ago

        I agree that the main interaction was mild, but if they were willing to go this far to try to hide this, then that shows how low the bar is for them to try to manipulate things to their favor and liking with the trust that was given them as a moderator.

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        23 days ago

        Look at the screenshots few comments down. That was a shitty mod. They can have those back at reddit.

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        22 days ago

        What does this comment mean. No other communities have bad moderators?

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          22 days ago

          Oh they absolutely do, but ml has a reputation for being particularly poorly moderated

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            22 days ago

            And it’s a behaviour that stems from the admins who’ll ban users from the entire instance if they disagree with their opinions.

            It’s the only instance I have blocked at my account level so I don’t see their communties.

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          22 days ago

          You really should look it up since you’re on the site. Make your own mind up about if you want your account to be associated with people like that.

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      22 days ago

      I really dislike that guy. I was interested in his website but lost interest because of him. I already forgot why I started disliking him. But this just adds to that.

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        22 days ago

        Well yeah that’s why the mod log is public. It’s a feature not a bug

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          Exafuckingly, no moderators should be offended by what I said, it’s a truism. Transparency is just the first step, there should not be “a” moderator, it is a collective duty that all must participate and that none of us can be trusted alone with.

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      22 days ago

      You seem very hurt about that one interaction you had with him months ago. If you’re gonna comment that under every gamingonlinux article you’ll have a lot to do.

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        I’d rather have that than have moderators bringing their shitty reddit leftover mentalities and think they can throw tantrums anytime someone critiques their post title. I mean homie was a moderator, who quit the site entirely as his reaction to the same interaction you are criticizing homie here for his reaction after bringing up a relevant commentary about the individual from the post.

        Edit: Plus!, how often does anyone on the internet ever actually follow up a real live relevant to the post anecdotal account AAAAAAND follow up with empirical evidence lol.

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        22 days ago

        It has nothing to do with “being hurt”. They showed the kind of scummy person they are.

        They showed that if they were willing to go this far to try to hide this, then that shows how low the bar is for them to try to manipulate things to their favor and liking with the trust that was given them as a moderator.

        I don’t like the idea of that kind of person reaping the benefits of their site being linked to on the platform they tried to manipulate.

        I don’t like the idea of people not facing the consequences of these kinds of actions.

        I think people should know who this person is, since they showed their true self and then tried to hide it.