r/Art has quietly gone into lockdown and is no longer accepting submissions after mods began facing severe blowback for banning @haydclay for mentioning the word “print” on the subreddit.
I don’t think Lemmy is any better. The other day, a Lemmy moderator didn’t like a video I shared about the potential collapse of the US and banned me from eight communities. As far as I know, the video wasn’t even AI-generated, so I don’t know where he got that idea from.
It entirely depends on the community. I’m sure there are judicious, patient moderators here. I mean, in a small community there’s not much work to do, so extra care can be made. But moderation is also a thankless job, and it honestly erodes your soul.
The easiest thing for a mod to do is say “This person broke a rule, I’m banning them from the entire instance”. The fair thing to do is issue a warning and remove a comment/post, maybe a temp ban. But most people see one infraction, even a mistaken one, as proof that you aren’t fit for the community.
Exactly, that’s were it goes all wrong.