So I found an article about a journalist losing his job for asking why only Russia should pay for reparation and not Israel too . The comments is full of apologia for Israel and genocide, so I start answering multiple comments. The mod givesomefucks banned me claiming that I am spamming in an old post but the post is new
Well, based on the mod log, we can at least say clueless mod by virtue of the claim of it being an old post.
That being said, the rest of the ban reason includes report excessiveness.
While I personally tend to err on the side of PTB with that by virtue of reporting being vital for moderation, it can be done in a way that merits a ban. Since we can’t see the reports, I call it a PTB as a default, but I still think it important to recognize that report abuse exists. If there were proof provided that OP engaged in such, I’d say YDI.
It is a new post so you can’t trust anything thre mod say. I reported comments defending war crimes and denying genocide, you find this exessive? Keeping those disgusting comments and banning me permanently instead of giving me a warning or a trmporary ban is disgusting
At least you didn’t get instance banned for reporting comments like that 🙃😐
As often happens online, you missed the point.
I said if you had abused reports, it’s a valid option to ban for that. Since, as I also said, we have no idea what reports you made, on what comments, or what you said in the reports, the default assumption is that it’s PTB to ban for that. They would have to show their reasoning for it not to be.
Fwiw, if a given community doesn’t have a rule about comment subject matter regarding stances on a given matter, it can still be report abuse , no matter whether you’re right in your opinion about said stance. Generally, you’d make one main report, and point to other comments in it rather than making a ton of individual reports.
As an example, if you run across an asshole spouting nazi bullshit, you send a report about that user being a douche, and mention there are multiple comments by the same person. If a mod wants/needs help finding individual comments, let them ask. It’s a kind of difficult line to find, but generally once there’s three comments worthy of reporting, it’s better to consolidate. That’s one of the huge benefits of lemmy/piefed over reddit: custom reports. We have the ability to spell out the problem in a better way.
Again, that’s just generally a good practice, and a ban solely for reporting in good faith is not acceptable.