There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It’s only mildly infuriating that someone didn’t make this sooner!

Actually Infuriating

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
    82·
    1 day ago

    Sorry I’m being needlessly negative 😅

    Some unsolicited advice from a very seasoned mod: the ban hammer exists for a reason. Don’t be too prescriptive with your rules and don’t be afraid to ban somebody just because they didn’t explicitly violate a rule. The community comes first. Don’t let a couple of people hold it hostage.

    • Shizrak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      3 hours ago

      How is this upvoted so much? This is fucking insane.

      “Oh, just ban whoever even if they didn’t break any rules”

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        Do I really need to explain how grossly oversimplified to the point of flagrant misrepresentation that is?

        • Shizrak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          3 hours ago

          Oh I’m sure you have a way to justify your corrupt authoritarianism. I don’t care what your reasoning is. If you ban people without them breaking rules, then the only actual rule is “don’t upset the power tripping bastards”, which I strongly disagree with.

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            21·
            3 hours ago

            “Corrupt authoritarianism” my god dude you can’t be serious. You’ve clearly got a chip on your shoulder or are otherwise grinding your axe about something that happened to you (or because of you?)

                  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    1·
                    2 hours ago

                    Apparently I don’t if you have to have a total meltdown over people agreeing with me. I can’t believe a couple of magic Internet points set you off so much. You are a petty, small person. Leave me alone. Go run your idyllic community and watch the trolls pour in. You can bet your ass I would ban you in a heartbeat, you’re a great example of the problem here

              • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                2 hours ago

                So you grossly misrepresented what I wrote, ignored the other comments And conversation with other people, and just start calling me a petty authoritarian?

                Yeah dude you really have a chip on your shoulder. You could actually try talking to me about this but it seems like you just want to grind your axe and be indignant all day. Have at it.

                • Shizrak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  1·
                  2 hours ago

                  The statements

                  “don’t be afraid to ban somebody just because they didn’t explicitly violate a rule”

                  And

                  “Oh, just ban whoever even if they didn’t break any rules”

                  Use different words but end up in the same place.

                  So how is it grossly misrepresenting anything?

                  Perhaps you can give an example of when someone didn’t break any rules and you felt justified banning them and why, and maybe I’ll sympathize a little.

                  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
                    1·
                    2 hours ago

                    Not explicitly banning over a rule =/= banning for no reason.

                    If I have a rule that says “no racism” and you exhibit sexism, I’m fucking banning you

                    To give a more concrete example that’s actually happened, we banned somebody on our server recently who every single time he entered the conversation, ithad a massive chilling effect on the conversation. He would not directly attack people with insults, but his entire tone and cadence and language was hostile and spiked conversation. It was ruining the entire server. We repeatedly told him to cool his jets. He didn’t, so we banned him. We didn’t have a specific rule to cite, we just told him to stop being an asshole and he refused.

                    None of this matters. You’ve already decided I am some horrible tyrant. So fuck off

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      41·
      24 hours ago

      I appreciate it. I have some experience modding here, but not in a community like this, which has the potential to bring our the worst in people! I set rules that should be broad enough to do exactly that. I have high hopes, and it fills a need.