https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29191692

I don’t even know what to think about this one. I’m not angry, more confused than anything. There’s only one mod there so i asked them, and they said “It’s against policy. It’s the abbreviations policy.”

I see no such policy anywhere, so who knows what’s going on. Is it only the NYT that can’t be abbreviated? What about the US? Is LOL forbidden too? And if so, why are we forbidden from laughing there!

They didn’t even remove the comment.
The mod is user qrstuv. Maybe the only abbreviation allowed is when they say one? That’s a power trip!

  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk
    4·
    6 months ago

    A pet peeve of mine is when people randomly throw acronyms around expecting everyone to just know what it means, but this is taking the piss.

    • asret@lemmy.zip
      1·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, I’m okay with discouraging abbreviations. But a blanket ban is silly.

      Comments on a post about a New York Times article regarding the United States should probably be fine to use NYT & US.

      Comments talking about the best computer role playing game going on and on about PoE2 deserve a ban however.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    3·
    6 months ago

    I’m a member of the SDF instance and I’ve reported this. I hope it gets attention and action. I don’t appreciate someone making us look like clowns.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      6 months ago

      I blocked the entire instance because of this. Why would i want to read posts i can’t even take part in, you know.

      Thank you for letting us know that person isn’t the entire instance. I’ll unblock it.

            • TachyonTele@lemm.eeOP
              0·
              6 months ago

              Give it a rest. Find something else to nitpick to death. You’re not being clever.

              • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
                1·
                6 months ago

                They’re not trying to be clever. They’re saying your prior actions weren’t logical. You shouldn’t block instances for what mods do. You should block communities. If everyone blocked instances so swiftly then the fediverse will become little islands.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        5 months ago

        Thank you for letting us know that person isn’t the entire instance. I’ll unblock it.

        Glad to hear it. We’ve got some fantastic retrotech and FOSS rabbit holes for you to get stuck in, if that’s your kind of thing.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      yea I don’t know what’s going on with that comm and/or moderation. In general sdf seems to be one of the lightest-touch-moderated instances out there so this is really surprising

      • TachyonTele@lemm.eeOP
        1·
        6 months ago

        After unblocking it I realized I recognize a bunch of people on SDF. You guys and gals are pretty solid. Except for this one person.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        People don’t seem to differentiate much between an instance and its individual communities, even if the instance has a really light touch with mods.

    • courval@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      You forgot the /s this is the Internet and some people like OP will take you seriously…

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
    3·
    5 months ago

    It gets dumber:

    The user was banned for saying “mark my words”. And in the context it is clearly not some sort of threat, just an “I’m 100% sure of that”.

    PTB. [USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST]

    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      The mod is just a flat out troll. They’ve proven that for sure during this drama-fest.

      They run a news comm and ban anyone that comments before they can lock the post. It’s very strange and, quite frankly, pretty dumb.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I recall commenting last time this community came up that it was weird that NYT was allowed when other abbreviations were not. I guess their mod caught up. It’s a dumb rule, but even ignoring that, it’s not listed in the community!

  • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I wonder if using the word taxi, instead of taximeter cabriolet, will prompt a ban.

    • jsomae@lemmy.ml
      2·
      6 months ago

      If I were a mod, I’d ban anyone who used “taximeter cabriolet” on sight. /s

        • buffaloboobs@lemmy.world
          0·
          5 months ago

          close. “Cab” is derived from extracting the first syllable from Steve Caballeros’ last name. not just one of the great skaters, his family also invented the modern car and public transportation. so, as you can see, that is why when you rent out half of a taxi, you say, “I’m doin’ a ‘half cab!’” rather than a ca or an ab, as those are each ⅔ of a cab.

          the math starts getting pretty wonky, when you get into renting tiny fractions of caballeros, which is why the Cabernet was invented - to make the entire process more straight forward.

          hope that clears up everything!

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
    2·
    5 months ago

    I see no such policy anywhere

    It’s there. You just missed it because the rule is abbreviated.

    See, in this timeline, the rules about abbreviation can be abbreviated, but not content.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    6 months ago

    That isn’t even power tripping, it’s stupidity.

    Which, it is power tripping, and grossly over reacting, but the stupidity is piled so much higher that the PTB part is miniscule in comparison

  • Skunk@jlai.lu
    1·
    6 months ago

    There’s been another post about the same community (or was it same instance?) a week or two ago.

    I remember the bans were because of NYT, USAID and probably others.

    I don’t know if we had any explanation of what the fuck (sorry, meant to write ‘WTF’) is happening over there.