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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.


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  1. Which mods/admins were being Power Tripping Bastards?
  2. What sanction did they impose (e.g. community ban, instance ban, removed comment)?
  3. Provide a screenshot of the relevant modlog entry (don’t de-obfuscate mod names).
  4. Provide a screenshot and explanation of the cause of the sanction (e.g. the post/comment that was removed, or got you banned).
  5. Explain why you think its unfair and how you would like the situation to be remedied.

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Make sure you follow this instance's code of conduct. In other words we won't allow bellyaching about being sanctioned for hate speech or bigotry.

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Rimu published yet another hit piece against the /0 instance and this time posted it in his own instance comms as well. One of his mods jumped in, admitted they don't know anything about anything, but nevertheless felt confident enough to state their opinion as fact and in the process insult all of us collectively, then stickied his opinion for good measure.

So I decided to reply sarcastically, at which point that mod insulted me and locked the thread, which is apparently a feature in piefed which simply hides/deletes further replies in that thread, but since it's not a feature in lemmy, it appears to function like a shadow delete.

This is what my last reply would have been.

(Yes I'm being snarky, but that "I'm so mature" bullshit just rubs me the wrong way.)

In my opinion, using mod powers to get the last insult in, is just bastard behaviour.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Comparing a ban on a social media site to what’s going on in Palestine is certainly a choice…

The tool directly links to things the banned user has stated. As long as the DB0 mods are reviewing the output for validity (I see no evidence they are not) I don’t see a problem.

[–] XLE@piefed.social -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The AI generated text includes quotes that do not exist. I don't see any evidence the moderators are aware of this fact. If they knew but haven't made it clear, that is a moderator deficiency. If they didn't knew, that is a far worse deficiency.

I believe the right call was made here, but the wrong tools were used to make it. A coin toss might have also yielded the correct result. My concern is that future moderation decisions could be both sloppy and incorrect because AI cannot parse meaning.

(AI is used to decide to kill who to kill in Palestine. I hope this is not an offensive fact, nor that you are implying it should be unspoken until some future time you deem appropriate.)

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every single linked comment works for me - can you provide an example?

Every comment I checked (there are links) works, and every comment I check exists. And matches whats in the summary.

Which quote does not exist? You keep saying they don't, but not saying which.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Emphasis is important here: The AI generated text includes quotes that do not exist.

If you see links, you are no longer in the AI-generated text, but rather in an apparently non-curated comment dump.

For example, surely this is not evidence that the ban is justified... I hope:

Date: 2026-04-17T13:51:01.747786Z
Comment ID: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24890311
Post ID: 591643
Community ID: 351

When the Molly hits just right. 

You can argue that the quotes are close enough, but that's not what quotes are for. And I believe the ban is justified, but it's very concerning to see how they reach that justification.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 2 weeks ago

The AI generated text includes quotes that do not exist.

The summary paraphrased? Wow. Whodathunkit.

If you see links, you are no longer in the AI-generated text,

Summary.

but rather in an apparently non-curated comment dump.

The reference text used for evaluation.

For example, surely this is not evidence that the ban is justified... I hope:

Its a direct quote. I don't follow. What is the misquote?

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And it includes quotes that do exist and links to them.

Which is why the human who looks at those results can are what’s real and what isn’t and ban someone.

Bot summary

- Statements that “they’re killing children” is mere outrage propaganda

Bot found post:

Is a common propaganda technique to induce outrage. Even if it was a 17 year old terrorist.

Young adults are not children.

Bot linked post

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24309248

Actual Post

Is a common propaganda technique to induce outrage. Even if it was a 17 year old terrorist.

Young adults are not children.

The AI identified this disgusting comments and linked to the original source. You are deliberately cherry picking nothingburgers to try and pretend it’s useless.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I’m not seeing any fabricated quotes, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there are. So long as this is just used as a summary tool and at least some of the posts are vetted I still don’t see a problem.

I am aware how Israel uses ML in their military, I’m just saying I think it’s hyperbole comparing banning someone from a website (negligible harm) with someone getting murdered by a state actor. I also don’t find it ironic that DB0 is using them, ML/AI are just tools. If Israel builds bombs with an arc welder does any use of welding machines make someone a hypocrite for criticizing Israel making bombs? Forgive the crude analogy, it’s the best I can come up with while I’m half paying attention to a meeting.