Lol, fuck this shit.

    • thoro [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      The reason I saw given in the mod log is just the Dr. Manhattan quote from Watchmen. *I am tired of these people..."

      I saw a user who appeared to be an admin comment that same quote in a thread. Obviously can't know if it's the same user and I won't call out who it is to preserve the anonymity the mods want as much as I think I should (if I could see that coincidence, others can).

      But yeah. Let's ban one of the most prolific users. I think I saw them arguing with a vegan user so I guess they're another casualty of this struggle. Or maybe they asked for it as a joke?

      No idea. I'm fascinated by all this drama honestly, but I'll probably need a break from this myself as it doesn't look like it will be slowing down and the admins look to be digging their heels in from the PR post

      Edit: As much as Dash contributed as a dev, they chose to surround their exit in the struggle drama and talk down to the users who didn't share their opinion. congressbasebalfan could have refrained from commenting, but I don't see where a line was crossed that hasn't been crossed by many other users this week that didn't happen to be replying to mods/devs. It's not ban worthy. Just remove the comment if you want

      • disco [any]
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        4 years ago

        Is there any public reason for the mod log being anonymous? Seems like it’s just so the mods don’t have any accountability if they’re acting like shitheads.

        • TC_209 [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          luv to ban people from what might be the only community they have and justify it with a dumb comic book meme quote

        • thoro [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          I think people were getting harassed and maybe potentially doxxed. Dunno if the practice was started after the Beatnik saga or before.

          So I kinda get it. But at the same time, it's not shocking there is some mistrust following a decision to remove transparency

          I just think you should have to have better reasons for justifying banning. I've seen lots of users go down in the past week where I thought the ban was maybe an overreaction

          • disco [any]
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            4 years ago

            That’s a big part of it. Especially because the mods have promised again and again that they would add ban reasons to the ban log.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm going back to bed. Hopefully shit is sorted when I wake up again. No idea what's happening, it's 8am and I'm having a bad pain day. So back to bed it is. Holy shit so many mods are quitting, so many users are leaving, fuck what happened when I went to bed.

  • VYKNIGHT [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Considering the mod log, what they've been posting in this thread and what they've been posting megathread, I'm like 80% sure it's u/liberal banning them for being rude to Dash. I disagree with their rudeness to dash, but the ban is catastrophic.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    69fart69 got banned with the same message

    can't we all just chill out?

    • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Not sure if they were banned, or if they asked to be banned.

      Either way, that pretty much says is all about what this place has turned into.

  • RedArmor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I mean I’ve gone through my own drama with mods and came out of my ban. This whole thing started with changing the site name. Revisionism.

    This is like post-Stalin Soviet Union.