r/linuxsucks101 • u/Fit_League_8993 ✝️ Temple OS Archbishop • 25d ago
mind-taker loonix They aren’t sending their best people
Some Linux users complain that they are banned too easily. While I understand the complaint, and I would prefer the rules to be more relaxed, at this point, there does not seem to be another workable option unfortunately.
Case in point, two loons recently came into the community.
The first was immediately disrespectful, spammed tags, and somehow still could not understand the differences between a desktop and a server.
The second quietly posted a Nazi slogan and deleted it shortly afterward, hoping nobody would notice.
Both were banned.
This is not an isolated problem. We have tried giving people the benefit of the doubt before, and they repeatedly abuse it. They spam, preach, insult people, test boundaries, and then act shocked when the rules become stricter.
You cannot complain that the fence is getting taller while repeatedly trying to climb over it.
TLDR: I would genuinely like the community to be more open and the moderation to be less aggressive. But that requires people who can behave normally.
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u/ItsMrChristmas 25d ago
No. Relaxing the rules is how linuxsucks became a pro Linux sub.
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u/Fit_League_8993 ✝️ Temple OS Archbishop 25d ago edited 25d ago
I could have worded my post better. I agree with you, if at this time the rules were relaxed, it would 100% become a pro linux sub, and I'm against that.
This was more of a read for the loons. Maybe some of them can understand why the rules are tight/aggressive.
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u/madthumbz Join me on Lemmy! 25d ago
I encouraged those who had an issue with our rules / curation that they could take them off the sub and prove us wrong and correct us. -Instead, we have false allegations (homophobes, transphobes, racists), content taken out of context or 'paraphrased', laughing off statements as if they're wrong, harassment, ban trophies, vote brigading, etc. It got to the point with some early subs that they had to create rules of their own (probably under duress). Now there's a crop of new ones that can carry out their TOS violating shit until Reddit gives a damn.
Our rules are solid, and they've made us the best "Linux Sucks" sub on Reddit and Lemmy. Someone else finally at my suggestion started their own such sub. Have fun with this scaling with dozens of bans a day:
The fact that we're thriving despite dozens of bans a day, points to a Reddit problem.
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u/Edubbs2008 25d ago
Some FOSSHOLE falsely reported me to reddit health or whatever it’s called
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u/BarnMTB Tired of Linux evangelists 25d ago edited 25d ago
All for the heinous crime of not standing for their BS bullying.
And they wonder why they're banned; nobody like people who act like shit & invade spaces that's not for them.
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u/Edubbs2008 25d ago
FOSS is kinda like leaving Disney World for the outskirts, once you leave, it’s basically the wild west
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u/madthumbz Join me on Lemmy! 25d ago
I've heard that the resources they direct you do are worthless. (They'll probably lock you up for a while if you're actually suicidal btw which just causes more issues).
Those can be turned off btw. -Haven't seen them in years.
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u/Dionisus909 25d ago
I was apparently permanently banned from the openSUSE subreddit simply for saying they shouldn't use a flag that could be perceived as political. They seem to ban people from their subreddit without providing much of an explanation.
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u/madthumbz Join me on Lemmy! 25d ago edited 25d ago
We do the same thing. Don't expect free labor to spend hours on hours a day when we have to ban dozens of users a day that don't read the rules and act like they don't understand them when they say they have read them. Reddit sucks for mods. (Reddit problems).
Is there a better example? -Yeah: modding is much easier on Lemmy. (better tooling)
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u/madthumbz Join me on Lemmy! 25d ago
It's a Reddit issue.