I waited so long to come forward and tell my story because I didn’t think anyone would believe me. But now I want people to know what happened to me, because if knowing what happened to me could prevent it happening to them, then I want them to know.
If a banned user asks for where a rule is written and you ignore it multiple times you’re probably either a troll or an asshole. Also the sidebar of that community has no rules…
Ok, I feel like I need to add this here: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29759609/17958179
Old mate said it best. Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.
The user in question was a bit aggressive, but you did not clarify at all and ignored their question about the abbreviations policy.
Check out the opinions here https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38104278
Apparently, you should ban yourself too
And yet, still no abbreviation’s policy to be found…
This community, and SDF overall, is very much not serious. Look at the timestamps. They were made in a crude manner deliberately. A lot of satire, like this, gets posted here. Is OP guilty of !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com ? Yeah, sure. As with many things that get posted on this instance, you are lacking context from being outside of it. I believe that OP was, in fact, deliberately highlighting that they screwed up. Why else would they post this here, in a largely satirical community, and deliberately make false/bad timestamps on the image?
Reading from 9:09:12 AM till the end, I can notice that you did not address the main concern and instead focused on your name.
A link to the policy could have ended all of this peacefully.
I understand the whole thing, but you need to have transparency in mod actions.
The username is entirely irrelevant, and the poster should have realized this. Usernames are completely capable of meaning nothing whatsoever.
User meant the instance name “SDF”, which was an unnecessary comment but given the circumstances, understandable
I am specifically referencing “qrstuv” here, which was the acronym in question. I’m well aware of what SDF stands for.
You right, they mentioned both. My bad.
I’ve managed dig up a copy abbreviation policy (please let me know if there’s a newer version of this)
5.03 Abbreviations
- The following words cannot be used in abbreviations, and their use in such a manner is a ban-able offence: “New”, “York”, “Times”. In accordance with the Board’s principles, these words are sacrosanct and to shorten them is heresy.
- Taximeter cabriolet can be shortened to taxi
Is it really that hard to provide this poster with a reference to the policy against abbreviations you state exists? Also, what kind of policy is that? You do understand you would have to ban anyone using “you’d, can’t, I’m, etc.” since these are all abbreviations?
Please explain yourself as this seems to be a very concerning way to moderate an instance as big as yours
edit: Contractions are abbreviations! I was wrong!
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Says who?
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Sorry, I don’t use google.
But I do know what an acronym is. It’s when you only take the initial letters of a phrase. Like SDF. That’s an acronym. Acronyms are also abbreviations, because they shorten the phrase.Hope this helps.
Not sure how they responded, but that’s technically not an acronym, as it would need to be sounded out as if a word (e.g. NASA or laser, but not CIA or UTI).
SDF would be an initialism, but not an acronym. Just for your awareness.
Thanks!
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That’s fine, I have no trouble admitting I was wrong!
Says who? If you contract word aren’t you also abbreviating them? This goes to show that policies like this (should this exist in the first place, of course) makes absolutely no sense at all
English grammar. You can abbreviate a wooden log with a chainsaw, but you can’t abbreviate a word grammatically by cutting off the beginning of it.
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y ad! (That’s my bad, but I abbreviated it!)
Abbreviate is a synonym of shorten so your creating a difference where no difference stands. At least I, as a non English speaker, don’t see the difference so either the rule is badly written (since I can’t understand it) or makes no sense at all. In both cases the rule and the mod applying it are not working towards a betterment of the instance.
So why is this being implemented?
So why is this being implemented?
I have no idea about that. I was personally talking about something else completely, which I was wrong about and have apologized for, but since the other person removed the context, it’s a little confusing now.
Like I said in a different comment, I too am banned from r/news. Fortunately I can still see the posts. I just can’t engage with them.
This story is a clusterfuck and it’s not helpful in developing a better environment here on lemmy.
I’m sorry for your ban, I hope lemmy will federate a better news instance and that we could have meaningful discussions about actual topics and not the satire about a power hungry mod and his community.
Best of luck brother, keep lemmy great!!
Also, usernames do not necessarily mean anything, ever. It seems like a diversion tactic in an attempt to whine about being banned.
I actually found it in the other linked thread, but thanks!
I’m sorry to report to everyone coming here, but this instance is absolutely full of avant garde satire. Did noone think that manually scribbled timestamps might be an indicator?
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i cant believe you would make light of such abuse op is clearly hurting and youre over here acting like this isnt a big deal this isnt a joke
And now you asked more questions, but then told me to shh, so there are some mixed messages here
Gold
The restraint to not participate in the comments here is a marvel of human potential
I read “sh” as an abbreviation for ‘shit head’. Not sure if thay was intended but grammatically it fits perfectly.
“shh” doesn’t fit.Anyway, this user is clearly being a sh and deserves the ban simply for their reaction. Never in my life have i attempted to seek information in such a hostile way even after being banned. lol
I.A.S.S.T.H.T.Y.
I am seriously struggling to have this year?
correct!
Thank you!
Thank you for your bravery. I am so sorry this happened to you, though I was really hoping to at least learn what the abbreviation means.
I too was banned from /r/news, but it was completely my own fault for not reading the ‘reliable sources policy’.
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ITT; people that don’t understand this instance or our culture whatsoever.
If your culture is to ban users for non-existing rules to troll them, you can stick it somewhere
Sigh, yeah. This is a precise example of not getting what’s going on.
I am editing to clarify things, since I am likely to be the only one who will. This post is in no means serious. If it was, why would the OP scribble timestamps crudely? This instance, SDF, is more of an avant garde artist collective kind of thing (outside of the communities here that are doing some seriously amazing dedicated work like !amputee@lemmy.sdf.org etc). I have no idea why @qrstuv@lemmy.sdf.org decided to make a news community - that one is unironically odd, and I offered to help moderate in a serious manner. The community you are viewing this in exists because @wesker@lemmy.sdf.org was legitimately being harassed and made some comedy out of it. I really mean it when people randomly commenting here don’t get it. You need a lot of context.
So what is going on?
See the edit I just made, please.
And how does this justify getting banned for a non existent rule?
It doesn’t. I never said that it did. You’re going to have to ask the mod that. What I am trying to imply here is that none of this arguing etc. is actually relevant in this community. This is something that should have never federated, to be honest. The person banned should take it up with the moderator. Or !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com which is the actually appropriate place to post something serious. This post is not serious. At all. For all I know, this is an admission of guilt.
Or !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com which is the actually appropriate place to post something serious
The banned user has posted to that community already.
This is something that should have never federated, to be honest
I’m not sure if you mean this post or sdf as a whole, but there’s already people talking about defederating from sdf because of bad actors
For all I know, this is an admission of guilt.
The moderator that banned them hasn’t replied to anything, anywhere, except make this facetious post.
we call it culture now?!
We have to, or the cyber snipers from MATA wi
I don’t know, j, that sounds like a slippery slope.
MATA is here.
is this the neonazi funhole pipeline?
They locked the door to FunHole. We’re going to need to break out of our desk jobs and get back in somehow. And, hey, that’s me in the sights. I need to finish the story I’ve been writing or it’s all going to hell.
