I got banned earlier today with the message “rule 1”, no other information about
why, or which comment broke the rule. As far as I can tell it was this one
[https://lemm.ee/post/40926293/14431597], which just says “We want the bot gone.
That’s it. It’s really that simple.” So I checked the modlog for other bans, and
@aniki@lemmings.world [https://lemmings.world/u/aniki] was banned today as well,
also just for “rule 1”, probably either for the comment saying “a stupid bot
writing useless bullshit” [https://lemm.ee/post/40926293/14430488] or “This is
what you call “Not listening to criticism.””
[https://lemm.ee/post/40926293/14429206], neither of which are an attack on any
person. (Also earlier today @MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
[https://lemmy.ca/u/MindTraveller] was banned with the message “fuck off”, which
I’m pretty sure is not a reason to ban someone from a major community, but
doesn’t appear to be related to the MBFC bot.) One more today, @stormesp@lemm.ee
[https://lemm.ee/u/stormesp] was banned, again just “rule 1”, last comment being
this one [https://lemm.ee/post/40926293/14416892], again not an attack on any
person. So what’s the deal here? I couldn’t find any rules for mods on
lemmy.world with a brief poke around, but are we letting mods run major
communities like little fiefdoms, banning people for criticism?