I sent the MOD this message:

Hi XXXXXXXX, I just noticed that you banned me 2 hours ago from c/Science for Spam. I am confused. I mostly lurk and haven’t commented or posted anything in several months. I definitely don’t post ads or spam. Can you please let me know what happened?

The only reason that I noticed that I am banned is that I watched that (long-ish) video about Brainrot on the feed and the top comment is asking for a tldw.

  • gkak.laₛ@lemmy.zipEnglish
    24·
    6 days ago

    matrix thread

    It has happened to me as well! It’s the “vote-only” part that triggers it, to filter out bots

    Dessalines:

    […] We don’t usually allow vote-only accounts on lemmy.ml, those are mostly bots targeting specific users or communities. That’s our rule 4, spamming.

    Since it was an .ml account I just stopped using it; I don’t know what you could do about voting on .ml communities though (aside from using your account to post more)

    • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      This makes sense, since I’ve downvoted .ml posts and admins and haven’t been modded, but I wonder if there’s a better way to block bots?

      You need an account to curate your feed and folks are gonna vote. There shouldn’t be an obligation to participate in the comments.

      Maybe some kind of random bot test sent to vote-only accounts?