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should we be worried about powers-moderators/users? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by dunloap@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Power mods are one of the main problems with reddit. The same thing is already happening with Lemmy.

This is concerning because it allows for control of what becomes popular content.

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[–] bricks@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me personally, I never saw too many powermod-driven issues on Reddit (not that they didn’t occur, just that I didn’t experience them in the communities in which I participated).

One solution was to create a fork; lots of “r/actual___” or “r/true___” communities were born this way. To Little8Lost’s point, I think this will be even easier on Lemmy.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

A lot of those community forks on Reddit were more related to the original communities growing too fast and then losing the original feeling than to powermods too (not all though).

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been permanently banned from the League of Legends subreddit for saying a team that had caught Covid wouldn't die because they're young and vaccinated. In a post about them having caught Covid. And in response to someone calling it a fatal disease (which it can be for some, but really isn't if you're 20, vaccinated, and otherwise healthy).

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Though dying may be lower risk for them people could still feel long standing effects from it. Though those are also less likely given they were vaccinated.

Statistics can be a bitch.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I looked up my exact quote, which isn't perfect, but a permanent ban seems kind of crazy.

It's not really lethal if you're vaccinated, especially if you're young.

I wouldn't downplay long Covid. And if I had to do it again, I'd change some things. But saying that once in an appropriate thread seems pretty innocuous to me.

[–] livus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I mean I don't fully agree with your quote, but permabanning you over that is weird.

Either they were on a powertrip or else they lost a young loved one to covid and were still raw about it.

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally 1984

[–] SocialEngineer55@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t think you know what literally means

[–] Dinodicchellathicc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I do