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(Lemmy) when a post is “removed by moderator”, it also gets removed from the federated node. (self.bugs)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by activistPnk to c/bugs@sopuli.xyz

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If fedi node A and node B both have an anti-spam rule, it makes good sense that when a moderator removes a post for spam that it would be removed from both nodes. But what about other cases? Lemmy is a bit blunt and nuance-lacking in this regard.

For example, the parent of this thread was censored despite not breaking any rules. More importantly, it breaks no rules on slrpnk.net. Yet the slrpnk version was also removed.

I’m not sure exactly what the fix is. But in principle an author should be able to ask a slrpnk admin to restore the post in the slrpnk version of that community, so long as no slrpnk rules are broken by the post.

It’s one thing for various nodes to federate based on having compatible side-wide rules, but they aren’t necessarily aligned 100% and there are also rogue moderators who apply a different set of rules than what’s prescribed for a community.

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[–] activistPnk 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That’s an interesting point that exposes another Lemmy problem. If a user bores the moderator, the moderator cannot block the user because that evades the moderation duty. Mods need visibility on every post. So in principle Lemmy could use a moderation delegation feature where perhaps a moderator can block a user iff there are multiple moderators and one of the other mods is not already blocking the user.

Of course if there’s a lot of that going on, then the mods may be unfit for the job. Moderators are best when they don’t view the subscribers as being there to serve the moderator’s entertainment needs.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m going to block you now. Feel free to cry censorship again.

[–] activistPnk 1 points 4 months ago

In fact I appreciate it. Thank you!