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alt textA screenshot shows a new linuxsucks community on the sh.itjust.works instance, a screenshot below it showing the moderator of the community getting banned five hours after its creation.

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[–] [email protected] 138 points 5 days ago (2 children)
  • Dude sets up community, is sole moderator
  • Dude sets up autoban bot
  • Sole moderator makes a post
  • Autoban bot deletes the post and bans the sole moderator

Sounds like a typical Microsoft experience.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm still not convinced this isn't a bit, performance art, a very dedicated jester of some kind.

It's too perfect.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago

Made me think of this gem

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

This is like making a penguins suck thread on a forum for penguin enthusiasts.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that the one who thought they were being brigaded when people kept downvoting their posts?

[–] Sturgist 10 points 4 days ago

Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait, the auto mod permabanned the actual mod? That’s hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago

Someone misconfigured something. Perhaps if they knew how a computer works this wouldn't have happened.

[–] Adderbox76 30 points 5 days ago

poking fun at its cultish, toxic community.

I don't feel like I'm in a cult.

But then again...that's just what someone in a cult would say...

Oh..God...NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

/s (obviously)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yes, saw that the other day as well, reminded me of the "flat earth discussion" policy initiated by LW and then cancelled due to the backlash, that was quite something

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Must be out of the loop, what’s LW?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes sense

[–] Rentlar 17 points 5 days ago

A comedy in two acts. Well done.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Not sure why that post got removed specifically. I think it was just run of the mill linuxsucksposting.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Heavy handed moderation as audience likes it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

It says "automod." Maybe there's a setting where things get deleted and users banned if they instantly get 10000 downvotes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Was there anything wrong with c/[email protected] ? Maybe madthumbs has other grief with lemmy.world, I'm not sure.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was an unpopular shitpost community.

As a Linux user, I can enjoy memes about real problems with Linux, but his posting went beyond memes and straight into hate boner territory. He once said something about how open source is bad because a company charging money for services creates jobs.

Anything other than circle jerking about 'Linux bad Windows good' got you banned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So, it was a problem with the community moderation then. The new community is moderated by the same person, no reason it will go any different then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Exactly. He's just looking for a place to stake his little fiefdom where he can circle jerk about how bad Linux is, no matter how incorrect he might be. There's no implying that Dear Leader is wrong, just stroke or get banned.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

The moderation not so much the content was what was wrong with it.

Linux needs criticism and you hear the voices of the less tech savvy if it wants to grow its user base and gain wider adoption, similar to lemmy. But if that discussion is a bad faith, "Linux is bad and you can't change my mind" posts, with enforcement via moderation, then it's not useful to anyone really.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I use Linux and I think a lot of the criticisms are not only valid, but often hilarious. Everyone who uses Linux has funny stories about fucking up their system doing something they shouldn’t have.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

I've totally done some things with dd which could have been in an episode of Silicon Valley.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The moderation of the community or the instance? Madthumbs is also the mod at [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In This specific example, the issue was purely with the community and sole moderator.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Ok, so the new community will not change anything in that regard.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was more Kauffman esque performance art.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I think that's the sad part. They got into genuine flame wars with people. The stuff they'd reply was 100% dead serious and sad. Nothing fun or hilarious in an ironic way. Just angry and sad.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] JoeBigelow 3 points 5 days ago

Jerry was a racecar driver

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

A lock without a key

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I hope they can establish themselves somewhere, I wanna have a good laugh at their opinions every now and then.