I dont know why? I didnt post anything there.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netMEnglish
    12·
    14 days ago

    The creator of Pleasant Politics made an automod bot that will preemptively ban someone if they receive a high ratio of downvotes anywhere on lemmy, not just in its own community. It’s to prevent bad actors and trolls from being able to post in there at all.

    Notice the link in the ban reason of your screenshot, which explains what it is and how it works.

      • KHROMATIKAL@slrpnk.netEnglish
        4·
        14 days ago

        You can post in a lot of lemmy’s that attract bad actors to your post. It’s not instantly equals = bad. Seems very limited imo…

        • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netMEnglish
          7·
          14 days ago

          It seems to work fairly well overall. It weighs downvotes based on how reliable the downvoter is (to make it harder for people to artificially get someone banned), and will automatically remove the ban if you don’t continue to get downvoted a lot over the course of a month. Bear in mind it only effects bans from the Pleasant Politics community, and nowhere else.

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netMEnglish
        6·
        14 days ago

        I wouldn’t use it for an entire server, but It was an interesting experiment for that one community, IMHO. I think the lack of solid moderation tools on lemmy at the time influenced the motivation behind it.

      • keepthepace@slrpnk.netEnglish
        4·
        14 days ago

        Last time I checked the community was exclusively an experiment for alternate and experimental ways of automoderation. It is worthwhile even when it fails. But do not go there unless you are ready for unexpected behaviors like this.

    • JakenVeina@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      14 days ago

      Based on the user’s very-limited post and comment history, the bot is severely malfunctioning. I could only find one single item (a comment) where the downvotes outweighed the upvotes.

      • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netMEnglish
        5·
        14 days ago

        Hm, that is odd. Unless OP deleted their more controversial posts/comments, they really ought not’ve been banned. Though perhaps their sparse activity is working against them in the bot’s eyes?

        @auk@slrpnk.net, did Santabot glitch out in this case?

  • Pfeffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    14 days ago

    That insurance is like 12 morons on 100 accounts. You’ll miss out on nothing except a bunch of posts by day old accounts asking “but what if …?”