• BilboBargains@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Got banned from the stims community after satirically commenting ‘I’m 14 and what is this?’

    The moderator demanded that I submit identity documents. I pointed out that the account was twelve years old but they couldn’t back down at this point. I think they were trying to do a good job and were at least active but it was another nail in the coffin. In theory, an unpaid mod could be more objective because there’s no profit motive but the reality is that many are ideologically biased or dumb or controlling and none of them are trained. That any single individual wants to be in charge of the narrative is suspicious. Scale that ambition up to hundreds of thousands or millions of people it’s a red flag. Reddit is completely cooked these days, I haven’t returned since finding Lemmy.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      To be fair the account could be 9000 years old. You could be a 14 year old on their parents old account.

      This one ain’t the mods being dumb. This is just liability requirements. Which is its own kinda dumb but it’s a whole different problem.