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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Context: PugJesus often spams low quality posts across the dozen or so communities they mod, apparently downvoting low effort spam on my frontpage is trolling. The only other action in the modlog is a different ban for 74 years for "Mass downvoting innocuous content," so it definitely seems they are just banning people that dislike their spam. Glad we're not missing out on the reddit mod experience here.
PugJesus has always rubbed me the wrong way. He always inserted whataboutisms in rambling ways which put the onus on you to figure out his esoteric points. Then you try to answer what you think he's trying to convey, and he just roasts you on that instead.
Very bad faith mod/Lemming that should be avoided should you care for your mental health
Just block PJ. They're a turbolib troll. You'll feel better not seeing the junk they crank out.
Meanwhile PugJesus is banned from db0 due to stalking and mass downvoting my account, and said the admins were abusing authority for banning him while he confessed doing it with joy.
What a joke of a person he is. At least he's started to into his own echo chamber instead of trying to convert spaces into his own. I remember when he would mass report people disagreeing with him, while giving citations that said he was wrong. The mods told him to stop reporting people who weren't breaking any rules, and he told them to do it anyways.
Needless to say, PTB.
Question, how come you don't just block them or the community or something, if you don't care to see their content?
Ugh, Pugjesus, no surprises here
Why is all the drama always about one guy. I think this is at least the third "front page" post I have seen involving drama with this guy in just a few months.
Can't we just implement some reasonable go touch grass cooldown period. No modding or posting from that account or IPs associated with his account for 90 days.
If its a problem as soon as he's back then 180 days next time.
What's your experience with them?
They post a lot of content in some historical artifact community, and they seem very cordial and nice there. Might even be Swedish, but not sure about that.
You're not surprised about what exactly, out of curiosity?
Aside from what has already been said a lot of that history is stuff on the caliber of "Rome invented roads!".
The communities I'm subscribed to have a lot of interesting things, like the historical artifacts one. But it is often just pictures... You have to ask for more info, but it's usually provided after that.
But I can imagine what you're saying as well. 😅
There are definitely treasure troves of interesting things in wikipedia. Asking for more info or context though often risks this kinda thread, unfortunately.
To me? Nothing. However I have seen many people post getting bans from them for super petty reasons, like downvoting a post.I have also seen this person be a point of contention a few times in some more shitposty places. So I just tend to avoid commenting on anything they post.
Never would've guessed they had an ego this fragile. Disappointing.
I like the historical artifacts posts AND I've seen PG be a dick. I try to encourage the good in him through positive reinforcement.
Unfortunately, my experience with social media has been that a lot of the most visible posters often are touchy, and can be a little domineering where they can. I look at his history posts, like the art ones, etc. However, unless I specifically have something to say that fully within the confines of the subject, and not negative, I will not post. In other spaces I block them. This isn't necessarily PJ I am talking about either, this is a broader thing with these platforms. It is what it is I guess.
Sounds like an unfortunate phenomenon. People who post a lot on social media, especially online communities, might have limited social lives compared to people who don't post a lot. And thus they might... define themselves a little bit, by the success of their posts? Perhaps? That's what I'm thinking. And so they become very defensive and protective of their online presence and it's a fragile thing for them if it's a large part of who they are.
I post a fair bit compared to the average user, but that's only because I recently moved away so my social life is absolute shit right now.
I've interacted with quite a few of the top posters here, most have been pretty chill if not genuinely motivated to build communities, at least in my experience. But, I agree that spending too much time on social media can be unhealthy. I had a near breakdown and had to cut myself off years ago when I was a monster of a teenage moderator, so I try not to judge too harshly and stay aware of my mood on here.
❤️ I'm glad you have the mental awareness and fortitude to stay on top of your emotions and regulate. Props to you! 💪
Edit to add: He posts almost exclusively to the communities he mods.
I need to see the posts in question to really give a judgement here.
He's banned me from all his communities. Power tripper and disingenuous in how he engages
Another squid!
Blocking pugjeasus is the best move anyone on lemmy can do
~~This is why piefed implemented an anonymous voting option, so power tripping mods can't ban you for down voting their posts.~~
Never mind, I guess the power tripping mods got it removed.
Wasn't that option removed eventually due to it breaking social aspects of federation?