I made a post to https://lemmy.world/c/unpopularopinion
https://aussie.zone/post/34735670
One comment was very rude, so I reported it. Another comment admitted that they were going against the rules of the community and downvoting a post they disagreed with, so I reported it. Two total reports I've ever made in that community that I can remember. Suddenly I'm banned by @JonsJava@lemmy.world, who says I'm reporting "everybody" and starts shit talking me publicly in the comments.
I know I'm not supposed to include private communications to "prove my point", but at least it's interesting to read.
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They stopped replying after that.
I now know it's a guideline, not a rule, but Jesus, what an unfriendly community over there. Just a DM explaining it's not a rule makes sense. Or at least lift the ban after the explanation, and apologise for being so snarky.
I can see both sides to this.
Reporting the first user was warranted for breaking rule 2 (Be Civil).
However, reporting the second user for "downvoting a post they disagreed with" was not warranted.
The rules in that sub are specific, but, as the mod has stated, how you vote is not a part of any rule. It's a reminder of how you are expected to vote, but this should not be viewed as a rule that people can be reported for.
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In my opinion, that second report should have been seen as a misunderstanding/learning opportunity for the mod to reach out and clarify, and they should have given you a warning rather than jumping straight to a ban. If you had continued to report users for this same reason I could see a 1 day ban making sense.
From this post, it's not clear if you've had other interactions with the mod warning you against reporting for this reason. Considering how new your account is on here I would doubt it.
I disagree with the mod that you "started reporting anybody that disagreed with [you]" however, given your reasoning it's not hard to see that you were willing to do this and you could have easily continued down this path. This could be problematic especially given how easy it is to see how individual users vote in the fediverse (those votes are not private like they are on Reddit).
Overall I think this should have been more of a warning, and the mod could have handled the situation better. A 14 day ban would have easily been PTB material. The correction to a 1-day ban still feels excessive for what should have been a warning, but that in itself doesn't feel like this reaches the PTB level.
What exactly are you basing this on, because from what I read, I got "I thought it was a rule violation so I reported it," which doesn't exactly support your idea.
To clarify what I meant there, I'm not saying that they were willing to continue despite what the moderator said.
I meant that they would have continued to report other users for this reason until someone pointed out to them that this isn't really a rule violation.
Yeah it was basically just a misunderstanding. Since the guideline was written in a strict tone and next to the rules I thought it was also a rule.
I haven't interacted with this mod before (that I'm aware of), but I'm not sure if that's easy to prove. You could probably ask the mod themselves in this thread, they seem strangely calm and reasonable now, though they still haven't unbanned me.
I only reported that second person because they straight up admitted in writing what their intentions were, that went against the ~~rule~~ guideline. I feel like that's a pretty rare thing to happen, and my interpretation was it was like confessing to a crime that's hard to prove. How do you prove someone downvoted something they disagreed with? People downvote for all sorts of reasons. Unless you admit it.
The main part I disliked and feels PTB was how they disparaged me in the thread after banning me. They made me out to be a crazy person that whined to the mods because my feelings were hurt, with no way to defend myself, and they didn't even update or edit their comment after they found out it was a misunderstanding.
This was out first interaction.
I think I may have jumped the gun, so I'll unban.
I don't explain my moderation approach, less bad actors leverage that knowledge, but suffice to say, account age and cadence is the reports played a role.
I like how, even though you've said this, your disparaging comment is still unedited in your history.
I own my messages. I never said I disagreed with what I said. Merely that my moderation was incorrect.
So, the idea that they were abusing the report button was wrong, but the public announcement that they were abusing the report button wasn't? Okay then.
Edit: You know, now that I think of it, you don't disagree with what you said? Well, you said that they "Reported everyone who disagreed with them." They claim they only made two reports. Do you dispute that?