It just baffles my mind of how some of these places are ran by the mod teams. If it wasn’t for the masses of people that still flock to them I would’ve given up a long time ago (now only check like once every two weeks), but by the evidence they (the users) just aren’t getting the help they need.

Top 2 comments:

If it makes you feel any better, whoever did that also isn’t a plumber. (511 points)

That’s a bong. Sewer gas bong, specifically. Nice humblebrag.Having one in your home all built in like that, la de da, isn’t this a fancy one… (330 points)

Like 10 mods, and they don’t auto-block “new” people from posting (the post had 103 comments when it was locked). Easy to tell this wasn’t spam and it was a legitimate person looking for advice.

They suggest logging into your “main” account. As if people want to post identifying pictures of their house under an account which might have lots of references for identification. I just wish they knew how much easier it would be to make a lemmy account instead of jumping through Reddit’s hoops, could have a very robust community of tradesmen on here that would attract more people looking for advice.

  • Supervisor194@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 days ago

    It’s all the same on lemmy.world, I had a comment deleted yesterday in /c/showerthoughts. Reason given: “Lots of generalizing going on.”

    I was not the OP, just a commenter, but the thread title was Religious people are the original “gamers…”. My now-deleted post just said I thought it was a mostly apt metaphor except that gamers don’t think their games are real. That’s it.

    So some mod is butthurt because, I don’t know… Jesus or whatever and I get my comment deleted like I did something wrong, which I didn’t. I didn’t violate any rules nor the code of conduct. It’s all the same, new boss same as the old boss.

    Edit: fucking coward, too - signs his delete using automod. Typical.

    • Free_Opinions@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      16 days ago

      Mods on some communities are completely out of their minds. I got banned from !ukraine@sopuli.xyz simply for voicing my skepticism about how feasible it is to win back all the occupied territories and wether it would even be worth all the deaths it would require. And not only that but they delete the comment from modlog too.

  • RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    17 days ago

    Some mods have CSS/automod set up where if you’re not subscribed, you can’t post. This is actually against reddit’s own TOS, mods are not allowed to break site functionality to gain views, clicks, or participation, but the admins let it slide because it results in higher subscription counts.

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    8 days ago

    There is no recourse for badly run subreddits or shitty mods in reddit. Pretty much the only way to get them to take any action is to sic the press on them. Other than that the free labor mods provide reddit means they can abuse their roles to their heart’s content.

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      01·
      17 days ago

      You do, they just don’t see much activity and therefore people assume they do not exist.

      Discoverability is becoming a big issue for niche communities within Lemmy.

      I almost wish that the community model was more like a tag, and there was just one single “plumbing” for all instances, for example. I realize though that this idea raises hell for moderation/what do you do when someone takes over a name for hateful purposes/where does the sidebar exist/etc.

      Having separate comms on separate instances just results in the biggest instance hosting all the communities; at what point is that any better than Reddit?