As per title, submitted a post here that as far as I’m aware met all the rules, it had positive momentum before I went to bed, wake up and no post and no messages or notification that it was removed or why except that it’s just gone. Discuss.
Looking at the post, it didn’t fit the community, but it would also have broken Rule 1. Lemmy Shitpost is for Shitposts. Instigating discussion on heavy topics is not the purpose of this community
There are places for those kinds of posts, this is not it. I pride myself in keeping this place respectful, no matter where you stand politically. Posts that break the rules will be removed and I stand by my moderators decision on this one.
You’re welcome to to your opinion and I will not be removing/locking this post unless it devolves into rule breaking.
That’s perfectly fine. I’m just trying to identify that there is a problem because as a new user to a new platform none of that is made apparent, lack of communication and information about this has just made me less likely to even try and enagage due to a lack of clarity on how the rules are enforced.
Without some notification, as a new user I don’t even know for sure that it’s mod action and wouldn’t have without making this post.
this is a teething issue with lemmy as a platform. It would certainly help to have a place where notifications go when posts are removed or banned. Currently that place is the modlog which is viewable by everyone
I’m aware of this now, but mod log is not something new users are made aware of, nor is it accessible through the apps, at least not Jerboa. There’s a significant number of new users who will never touch the web interface.
new user to a new platform
Yeah. We’re all just starting here. These fedi apps are barely holding together. Techs been around for a bit but never this many users. We have a lot of work to do. Everyone from the devs to the hosters and the mods. Honestly maybe it is best to just walk away if you’re getting this upset.
I’m not upset, just seeking clarification.
Hi. I am the mod who removed your initial post. Frankly, It didn’t fit the content of this sub. Allowing it to stay would set a bad precedent for future posts. There has to be quality control in a place. As Aer said below, we want to keep a light hearted atmosphere around here.
Positive momentum doesn’t factor for posts that do not fit. If anything, it only encourages sooner action because leaving it up will have more people making similar posts.
I stand by my decision to remove your post. I hope you understand. There’s other places where you can post it.
That’s fine, I’m absolutely OK with that decision. It would have been nice to have some sort of notification of the mod action that I could see and access from Jerboa to prevent confusion, and I’m now aware that it’s a limitation or oversight of the current state of development of the fediverse.
It just would have just been nice if all this information was made more readily available rather than having to go through having a post removed and left in the dark as a new user.
I had a particularly shitty post of my own shadow-removed as well.
Trust me, the post was plenty shit.
I just checked and all my previous posts here have their image contents removed (but not the posts themselves). This is without notifying me in any way, and I just realized this after seeing this post.
