!historymemes@lemmy.world

Congratulations @PugJesus@lemmy.world @LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone and all the other regular contributors!

Disclaimer: While subscriber count is a poor metric on Lemmy because it’s often inflated with dead accounts, with Monthly Active Users being far superior (in which case most .ml comms have been defeated with the biggest exception being Linux and Privacy (be sure to promote !linux@programming.dev and !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as the closest contenders!)) it’s an accomplishment when a relatively young comm can still overtake a years-long established comm!

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    FlyingSquid had a nasty tendency of getting into an argument, and then, when faced with any amount of pushback, threaten a ban if they continued arguing with him.

    I’m not a saint myself - I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really have the temperament for moderation, and I only moderate because of the dual issues of “Lemmy is young, and if I don’t create these comms, they’re not going to be created for a long time” and “Jesus fucking Christ why are there so many goddamn tankies and campists spreading genocide denial??”, but that’s exceptionally poor behavior from a mod.

    • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Yes but that was (a) a very occasional outcome, like every few months in a career filled with pointless arguing (b) not the end of the world.

      I’m much more irritated for example with the mods who decided UniversalMonk was a force for good in the universe, who must be protected at all costs, than I am with FlyingSquid for occasionally having a heated argument with some transphobic person and eventually threatening to ban them. Neither one is really ideal but I just don’t get what the constant hue and cry about FlyingSquid as the problem with lemmy.world moderation was. Maybe his habit of getting in big arguments (which, again, isn’t really ideal) sort of painted a target on his back when other people who were just quietly doing awful moderation behind the scenes stayed out of people’s awareness.

      • Universal Monk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        17 hours ago

        I’m much more irritated for example with the mods who decided UniversalMonk was a force for good in the universe, who must be protected at all costs

        Much like a delicate flower, I do need to be protected at all costs. Thanks for noticing, friend!