I tend to browse /All and by New on Lemmy. I went to respond on a thread on [email protected] to thank someone for a recipe that looked good, and found out I had been banned.

Odd, considering I hadn’t posted to that sub at any point in the past. I checked the modlog to find that “Mod” had banned a bunch of people citing “Rule 5.”

Their Rule 5 states: Bad-faith carnist rhetoric & anti-veganism are not allowed, as this is not a space to debate the merits of veganism. Anyone is welcome here, however, and so good-faith efforts to ask questions about veganism may be given their own weekly stickied post in the future (see current stickied discussion).

I (and hundreds of others) seemingly broke rule 5 of this community without ever posting there. What is going on?

And my apologies if this isn’t the place for this, but I had no idea where else to post the question.

  • Lvxferre@mander.xyz
    304·
    2 months ago

    I suggest you (or anyone else here, really) to direct message [email protected], the account is a relay to the admin team. Be sure to mention:

    1. The issue (they’re banning people left and right)
    2. Concerns (e.g. they might be gaming the system),
    3. This thread (to show that it isn’t just your personal pet peeve, plenty people are pissed.)
    • pjwestin@lemmy.world
      162·
      2 months ago

      Since I wrote this, things have changed a bit. The mod in question seems to have become extremely unpopular, even in her own community, and she’s gone on posting spree on /c/vegan that’s getting downvoted. I still think you can demonstrate that she was trying to manipulate the downvote numbers, but it the evidence is less clear.

    • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      The issue (they’re banning people left and right) Concerns (e.g. they might be gaming the system), This thread (to show that it isn’t just your personal pet peeve, plenty people are pissed.)

      Done! I appreciate the pointers as I would have never known about this on my own.