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One thing is for sure, it really is fast. My most fascinating discovery is the public Modlog: https://lemmy.ml/modlog https://lemmy.ml/modlog What a spectacul
by fleddr 4y ago
One thing is for sure, it really is fast.
My most fascinating discovery is the public Modlog:
https://lemmy.ml/modlog https://lemmy.ml/modlog
What a spectacularly bad idea to show it in the open, but educational nonetheless. It very much resembles Reddit moderation, on steroids.
People are banned for typing 3 sentences (too long!), "repeated anti-communism", ....insert laundry list of other bullshit reasons...and get this: admins can simply wipe out an entire community at will. I'm not sure if that means it doesn't federate or simply stops working.
In any case, massive power trip vibes.
- mariusor 4y ago> What a spectacularly bad idea to show it in the open, but educational nonetheless. It very much resembles Reddit moderation, on steroids. Why is that? Open moderation logs are, in my opinion, the corner stones of establishing trust between moderators and users on a discussion platform cum social network.
- fleddr 4y agoI can think of a few reasons. First, it's a potential privacy issue. It effectively is a single place where all dirt is concentrated, open for all to see. In case violators leak personal info, willingly or not, their mistake might be used against them in the future. Second, it can be used to instantly find unpopular mods and mod decisions, and overwhelm them with more of the same, generating busy work or even harassment.
- mariusor 4y agoOK, fair point, I keep forgetting that not everyone on the internet is a decent human being. :( However I think that for entities which are not global network levels of population, a public moderation log is good. If there are abusers, banning them is probably not a difficult proposition among numbers counting into thousands or less.