I'm new here. I came over because I'm annoyed at reddit, but I don't quite understand how things are supposed to work.

As I understand it, Lemmy is like a reddit where a bunch of individuals run separate servers. My main interest is in /c/parenting.

I see that Lemmy.world's /c/parenting has some posts. Lemmy.one has some. Lemmy.can has some, etc.

None of these sites individually has enough posts/people to be useful (network effect), but together, they could make up a useful forum.

How do I get all of the other lemmys' /c/parenting posts to appear alongside the ones from Lemmy.world in the web interface?

There's only one mod on !shavian@lemmy.world right now, and they haven't been around in a little bit. Hopefully this is the right way to do this, I just wanted to get added as an additional mod besides @2910000@lemmy.world since I'm there a lot anyway. Figured maybe I could help.

Dubai Community.

I basically want to change the main Pfp of the community, add normal rules comparable to the UAE community on Reddit and take care of it overall.

The main mod account has been inactive for long time.

Hi, I’d like to request moderator rights for !aptalsoruyok@lemmy.world.

The community is currently unmanaged because the only mod is a banned bot account. It’s intended to be the Turkish version of "NoStupidQuestions."

I want to clean it up, set the rules, and keep it active for Turkish users. Could you please assign me as a mod?

Thanks, ayna

The current community moderator is not active at all. Can you appoint someone active to moderate this?

I use Thunder as my preferred client for Lemmy and anytime I comment I see a bot "flair". I am a human using the internet via a VPN (Mullvad) that oft gets flagged for spam. I can comment and post but not vote.

How it goes?

edit Shame on the entire Lemmy World mod team for locking this thread, you are participating in an evil you don't want to mess with that will consume you. Children are dying as we speak and you have all atrociously failed your duty to ethically moderate and steward a community. You hurt this place.

This is a serious problem for y'all, I know you removed him as a site wide moderator, but it is simply not enough. You are endorsing someone who has a CLEAR pattern of silencing discussion about a particular group of people and if that doesn't alarm you, you need to wake up and pay attention.

Looking back there is a repeated pattern of removing, silencing and acting derisively towards discussion about Palestine and the Palestinian Genocide from Jordan Lund both from my interactions with him and also from others I have found easily from searching.

Deal with this problem.

See this post

https://sopuli.xyz/post/42491951

..and this post.

https://sopuli.xyz/post/42630105

Edit shame on the Lemmy World team for ignoring this post or trying to find lazy ways to dismiss it.

This should serve as a warning to all, do not depend on Lemmy World communities, diversify to different servers as there is a serious distortion of reality going on here about what is allowed to be talked about and what is not. The consequences are real and we could not be discussing a more serious subject of censorship than the Palestinian Genocide and the politics around it.

EDIT: It seems to be a Connect (mobile app) display error. Just checked on desktop website, it's all good Lemmy-wise. I accidentally left and rejoined c/ TakeYourTimeBack and TakeOurTimeBack and now it's not on the moderation list for either (and TOTB seems to be deleted).

I keep seeing ZippyBot post articles in incorrect communities just because a website is named poorly. Most recent example is a post in 'gaming' that's about a TV series, and not even about a game adaptation, but about t-shirts.

I went to go and block ZippySlop and wouldn't you know it? You can't ban 'admins.' ZippySlop posts to a wide array of communities that I do otherwise like, and the only other option besides blocking Zippy is to block all of those respective communities.

As that would be time consuming and detrimental to engagement of topics, why can't I block ZippyBot. Before anyone sneers 'cuz itz a admin bruh,' Why is a bot even an admin anyway?!

This fandom community seems to be unmoderated (I asked a month ago) and mostly inactive (with the bulk of last year's activity being me posting my drawings).

I would like to grow the community (so hopefully there will eventually be more posts from people other than me), and being able to moderate it will help me do so.

I’ve noticed something about deletion on Lemmy.world that’s been bothering me, and I’m hoping this is the right place to ask about it or suggest improvements.

Right now, when a user deletes a post or comment, the deletion is soft:

the content disappears,

but a “deleted” placeholder remains,

and some apps still show the original text in reply previews,

and federated copies may persist on other servers.

I understand this is how Lemmy works at the platform level, and that federation makes true hard deletion complicated. But I’m wondering if Lemmy.world could offer better user‑side deletion tools, or at least explore options that give users more control over their own content.

Here are a few ideas that might be realistic, low‑effort, and compatible with federation:

1. A “Classic Delete” option This would remove the content and replace it with a simple (deleted) marker — no preview text, no ghost remnants. Even if the placeholder stays for thread structure, the content itself should be fully wiped from Lemmy.world’s side.

2. Moderator‑assisted deletion If a user deletes their own post/comment, moderators could receive a small queue entry allowing them to manually hard‑remove the content from Lemmy.world’s database. This wouldn’t fix federation, but it would give users more control locally.

3. A “Close Post” option Instead of deleting, allow users to “close” a post:

hides it from their profile

prevents new replies

marks it as closed This avoids breaking thread flow while still giving the user an escape hatch.

4. A privacy‑focused deletion mode Even if federation can’t guarantee full erasure, Lemmy.world could:

wipe the local copy

send deletion requests to other instances

and clearly communicate the limitations This is still better than the current ghost‑comment behavior.

Deleted posts still count toward my profile totals. Is there any chance Lemmy.world could switch to counting only active posts/comments, or offer a privacy mode that hides deleted items from the profile stats?

...Against my own better judgement, given my mission statement not to become a power mod like unto the other place.

However.

The sole existing moderator, @Photographer@lemmy.world, appears to have been completely inactive for just a shade over a year and we've got a spam/scam post ("Opportunity to Earn 30USD every week") sitting there gathering downvotes but otherwise going unaddressed because none of us can do anything about it.

Here since !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml is unavailable as outlined below.

Hi

There have been some rather concerning actions taken by an admin of the !privacy@lemmy.ml community, dessalines@lemmy.ml. Based on recent moderation decisions and a complete lack of communication, it seems like their account may have been compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

1. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, First Instance: a guide posted to !privacy@lemmy.ml, despite receiving many positive votes and comments, was removed under Rule 4:

If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered

However, this post was a guide and not a question, so Rule 4 does not apply. Attempts were made to reach out for clarification but there has been no response, despite their account showing recent activity.

2. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, Second Instance: an on-topic informational video also posted to !privacy@lemmy.ml, despite also receiving many positive votes, was again removed under Rule 4. This post was again not asking a question, so again Rule 4 does not apply. Again, no explanation has been given.

3. User Bans in Completely Unrelated Communities: user bans of over a month have been applied for not only !privacy@lemmy.ml but several completely unrelated communities:

• !emacs@lemmy.ml
• !personalfinance@lemmy.ml
• !linux@lemmy.ml
• !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
• !opensource@lemmy.ml
• !india@lemmy.ml
• !asklemmy@lemmy.ml
• !steam@lemmy.ml
• !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
• !degoogle@lemmy.ml
• !libre_software@lemmy.ml

This is especially concerning given that the above posts have no relation to these communities, and no recent activity has been made in any of them, meaning none of their rules could have been broken. Moreover, a public track record of positive contributions across Lemmy has been established, with many positive votes and comments received over a sustained period. Given all of this, the bans appear to be highly disproportionate, only adding to the growing concerns around moderation practices.

4. Repost with Disclaimer Removed: a repost of the guide, despite a disclaimer explaining the original removal appears to be in error and that attempts to contact the admin have failed, despite again receiving many positive votes and constructive comments, was once again removed. Again, no explanation has been given.

Given all of this, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that something is not right. Mistakes in moderation happen but the complete lack of communication, the disproportionate actions, and the ongoing bans from unrelated communities raise serious concerns. It seems as though the account is most likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues with this admin, or does anyone have more insight into what might be happening?

TL;DR: Admin dessalines@lemmy.ml of !privacy@lemmy.ml appears to be making seriously concerning moderation decisions, including erroneous enforcement of Rule 4 in at least two separate instances, failing to respond to messages, and applying user bans in completely unrelated communities despite a long track record of positive contributions across Lemmy. This has led to speculation that their account is likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Any thoughts or similar experiences would be appreciated.

The target account is on Lemmy.world but if there is a better place to post this please let me know.

Cross post with https://lemmy.world/post/43944145

My time's gotten way more limited than i'd like to the point of stepping away from a lot so I'm looking to transfer some communities. If anyone's interested then lemme know and I can get that going. I know dataisbeautiful's more active and could use it but I'm offloading any that could be used.

A bunch don't even have posts so I'm half tempted to just wipe those but I want some input to see if thats a good idea first.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43885846

Im on firefox, tried disabling all addons & cleared cache

Anyone who can help or anyone else who had that display bug?

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/918067

I'm on Piefed, and the community, !okbuddyrosalyn@lemmy.world, is on Lemmy.

I've tried transferring ownership via using the actual Piefed.world website, but whenever I try, I only get these options:

Someone on !pics@lemmy.world is (massively) removing posts with no good justification.

They have removed:

• Removed Post "Bloody backpack of Iranian girl killed in US-Israeli attack on Iranian elementary school.". This was an image of a bloody backpack. It was well within the rules of the pics community.
• Removed Post "Lemmy.today is absolutely beautiful" reason: Not a pic. IT WAS A PIC. The reason they gave is a lie. Absolute lie.
• Removed Post "Talking positively about this person, on reddit, gets you banned.". This was a post about Luigi Mangione. They don't even give a reason for the removal of the post. It was, also, well within the rules of the community.

And now they have removed 2 more posts:

• Removed Post Donald Trump's Parents. This was a post that had a lot of engagement, with over 100 comments.
• Removed Post Epstein mural in Sydney, Australia. This was also a post that had a lot of engagement, with over 100 comments as well.

And now they removed another one:

• Removed Post nothing is out of the ordinary, citizen. After all the other ones got removed, this one managed to get to 50 comments (not sure, but around that?) before being removed..

100 comments is quite a lot on lemmy. Removing such content is absolutely pathetic. Content is the one thing we need on lemmy.

It seems like they just removed any post that had a lot of comments. Any post that was driving engagement, they removed it. I wonder if someone is getting paid by reddit to eliminate engagement? Because this is what it would look like. And after everything we have learned these past few years, it would not be that out of the ordinary. Remember the whole Epstein/Ghislaine stuff and how these "elites" treat their competition....

~~There is no information on which mod removed those posts, but I am sure it was the same one, and I am sure that if you search for all of his mod actions, you will see many such removals.~~ Mods going power hungry. I expected that to not happen on lemmy, but ya.

EDIT: I found out that the mod who removed those is /u/theprogressivist@lemmy.world. It can be seen here: https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemovePost&modId=5313819

EDIT2: The mod in question has removed 2 more posts, both with over 100 comments. He is literally removing all the posts that are driving engagement. See here for the removed posts: https://goopics.net/a/5gcjy2dk. What the hell.

EDIT3: And another one was removed, one that had around 50 comments, if I am not mistaken: "nothing is out of the ordinary, citizen".

This is one of the most power hungry mods I have ever seen. Holly fuck.

Right now, deleting a post on Lemmy only hides it locally, but doesn’t fully remove it across the fediverse. I understand the technical reasons behind this, but from a user perspective it feels incomplete.

Platforms should give users the ability to fully delete their own content, or at least send a federated deletion request to other instances. This is important for privacy, safety, and user control.

Is full deletion planned, or is there a technical limitation preventing it? I’d like to understand what’s possible and whether this feature is on the roadmap.