@notwesker@lemmy.sdf.org aka @FiniteBanjo@feddit.online banned me for a whole week from Mod Abuse Hotline for asking a clarifying question about the verbiage OP was using.

I was very clear that I was so sorry for what happened to OP, but didn't understand what I perceive to be a double-negative that they were using. I even clarified that I wasn't victim blaming or having a threatening aura.

What does the mod do? They ban me for a week, but not even for an actual rule violation. They used a very stale and unfunny meme!

I've never used this com before, so I'm not familiar with your acronyms. So, I guess AITA?

EDIT: 1 business week, not a whole week

This mod is a troll. The whole instance is also trolling like the news community ban people for posting an image in the comments or even an abbreviation

The rules are right there in the sidebar- this is an obvious rule 1 violation. BPR

That mod once turned me into a newt

There are technically NO rules in the sidebar, but I thought I was familiar with them enough from observation. Apparently not.

Whoops I thought the comm you got banned from was c/news. ISSTHTY

A newt?

YDI

I'm sorry that happened to you.

I'm so sorry that happened to you.

I'm sorry this didn't happen to me instead.

He got better.

let’s be real, that’s basically victim blaming.

anyway PTB because i have an unrelated outstanding beef with the mod team.

these tyrants are riding roughshod over us

YATA

People dont speak up enough about Not Dr. Wesker on Dr. Wesker violence

I have reason to believe they are also @weskersucks@lemmy.world

Petition for the One True Wesker to be anointed as such.

I've been targeted multiple times.

I was joking but now I'm not #OneTrueWesker

As moderators can you just make other people moderators of a comm without their input? Like what happened to u/spez on reddit?

Also, my condolences. I hope you recover soon

As moderators can you just make other people moderators of a comm without their input?

Yes.

I was just about to make you moderator of my comm, but then I decided that I didn't want to share the everlasting glory and glee of banning someone simply because they annoy me. Would you dance and clap right after you banned someone, like I do? Would you run out into your front yard and yell out, "Ha! My kingdom in Lemmy is mine and mine alone!", like I do?

No, I don't think you would. So I decided against it. But I may change my mind later!

Lol, it would have been funny. But indeed a waste. I think my reaction would have been to immediately crumble under what I thought was responsibility to a community but clearly was projecting an obligation onto myself that's absent.

But who knows? Perhaps a gentle and docile soul like mine would immediately tarnish and grow reptiles of the mind when presented with the smallest amount of authority. I could be like any willful mortal if given the One Ring.

grow reptiles of the mind when presented with the smallest amount of authority.

Exactly what happened to me. Yesterday at McDonalds drive-thru, employee told me I was gonna have to wait while fresh fries were made. I immediately replied with, "I mod a community on Lemmy! Don't you realize how important I am? Do you realize how many downvotes I get because I'm 'Lemmy-famous'? My name alone makes people angry! They don't even have to read my reply. I have Lemmy stalkers! That's how important I am! I shouldn't have to wait for fries!"

She then asked me what a mod was, what Lemmy was, then pointed to parking space #3 (by the trash can) where I had to wait for my fries.

Freshly made McD's fries are awesome tho, so it all ended well.

Vibes off, try again in 3 years

Iconic behavior! 🤣 Never let them stand between you and your bag (of fries), King. They're tripping, they should have known who you were.

Also, just checked because I got curious. Some of the accounts following you around downvoting your comments are alts with the same name. You could probably reach out to their instance operator about that, since vote manipulation is bannable on the whole fediverse

Yeah, it's a stalker I've had for almost an entire year now. He's actually started several posts in this community and claims I am someone else.

He thinks he can bully me off of Lemmy. He can't.

I'll DM ya for some fun notes, and give you the reasoning why I mod the way I do. If we discuss here, it may be removed as off-topic. I won't bore you, but it's an interesting study about some of the more extreme personalities we have on Lemmy.

Oof, yeah there's some "eccentric" types I've started watching for too unfortunately. Was just on another thread where somebody was talking about how it's getting kind of bad. But sure, I like gossip.

Sent. It's boring, but you'll notice the pattern.

And in relation to OP's post, it is becoming a bigger pattern overall on Lemmy. I'm seeing a lot more bullying behavior, calls for violence for the simplest things, and just really ugly stuff. Lemmy has always had some extremists, but I have noticed it's increased lately. Gods help us all when it gets closer to US elections time!

And then as the regular types leave because of the toxicity, the extremists/eccentrics stick around and start to be more and more excessive.

I don't wanna go off topic, but even here in this YPTB comm, I'm noticing less and less civility and just open blatant bullying to people who disagree.

Luckily the mods and admin here are awesome and do a great job of removing the really bad stuff pretty quickly!