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A screenshot shows a new linuxsucks community on the sh.itjust.works instance, a screenshot below it showing the moderator of the community getting banned five hours after its creation.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    3 months ago
    • Dude sets up community, is sole moderator
    • Dude sets up autoban bot
    • Sole moderator makes a post
    • Autoban bot deletes the post and bans the sole moderator

    Sounds like a typical Microsoft experience.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Someone misconfigured something. Perhaps if they knew how a computer works this wouldn’t have happened.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    poking fun at its cultish, toxic community.

    I don’t feel like I’m in a cult.

    But then again…that’s just what someone in a cult would say…

    Oh…God…NOOOOOOOO!!!

    /s (obviously)

  • Synapse@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Was there anything wrong with c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world ? Maybe madthumbs has other grief with lemmy.world, I’m not sure.

    • BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world
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      It was an unpopular shitpost community.

      As a Linux user, I can enjoy memes about real problems with Linux, but his posting went beyond memes and straight into hate boner territory. He once said something about how open source is bad because a company charging money for services creates jobs.

      Anything other than circle jerking about ‘Linux bad Windows good’ got you banned.

      • Synapse@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        So, it was a problem with the community moderation then. The new community is moderated by the same person, no reason it will go any different then.

      • dustyData@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        I think that’s the sad part. They got into genuine flame wars with people. The stuff they’d reply was 100% dead serious and sad. Nothing fun or hilarious in an ironic way. Just angry and sad.

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      3 months ago

      The moderation not so much the content was what was wrong with it.

      Linux needs criticism and you hear the voices of the less tech savvy if it wants to grow its user base and gain wider adoption, similar to lemmy. But if that discussion is a bad faith, “Linux is bad and you can’t change my mind” posts, with enforcement via moderation, then it’s not useful to anyone really.

  • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Yes, saw that the other day as well, reminded me of the “flat earth discussion” policy initiated by LW and then cancelled due to the backlash, that was quite something