So far Lemmy is vibing. Everyone here is excited and optimistic and willing to put up with a few rough spots to be part of something.

When the Eternal September comes, which it will, how does a Lemmy instance deal with bad actors?

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    1 year ago

    Shadow banning is Orwellian . something you might expect from the CCP instead of a supposedly progressive online forum. If you’re going to ban someone at least have the decency to let them know they are banned.

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      1 year ago

      You’re right, it is, but there are some folks who want nothing more than to burn down what you built. In the real world those people get physically dealt with, but in the virtual world where there’s no means of physically restraining someone, what’s your alternative?

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      1 year ago

      It’s certainly a harsher punishment than normal banning, but I don’t see why it would be that different. Assuming you have a user posting something bannable and always sign it with their initials. But whenever they are banned they come back under a different name and continue to do bannable offenses. That is a good reason for shadowbanning imo.

      Though any first offense should always be normal-banned imo.

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      1 year ago

      All these American tech firms shadow ban people. The practice is very abusive, but it is also very American.