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Summary:

• @Cat@ponder.cat was posting at a high volume to !news@lemmy.world
• there is no written rule on !news@lemmy.world about post volume
• there is no written rule on ponder.cat about post volume
• !news is the one single community Cat was this active in
• !news has no ponder.cat mods
• from my understanding, all rules Cat did break were unrelated to volume (correct me if I am wrong)
• ponder.cat admin @PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat reaches out to Cat via comment and then DM essentially threatening account deletion if Cat doesn’t lower their activity level
• Cat understandably deletes their account because who wants that

Of course, PhilipTheBucket had the right to do this, but I also think it’s exceedingly bad form and people have a right to know that this admin is willing to go above the community mods’ head like that.

Internet etiquette has dictates for dealing with undesirable yet not rule-breaking behavior that was just ignored here. Communication should be chosen before simple fist waving and threats.

I agree with this comment that this is a bait-provoked reaction. Next time I recommend:

• at the instance/admin level, the creation of instance rules about volume
• at the community level, advocacy for community rules about volume (i.e. “[Meta] Petition: Limit daily submissions to !news to ensure community quality”)
• avoid personal slapfights to get your way
• avoid escalation directly to account termination threats

Source: https://ponder.cat/post/1731587

• Knesset Passes Bill Banning Entry to Israel to October 7 Deniers and Those Backing Prosecution of IDF Soldiers for war crimes
• UN Commission finds war crimes and crimes against humanity in Israeli attacks on Gaza health facilities and treatment of detainees, hostages

There’s definitely some additional nuance (like a pronouns in bio/username situation) but this should cover the broad needs of anyone who is approaching this with good faith.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jill-stein-campaign-manager-argues-electing-trump-was-better-outcome-than-harris-and-re-electing-genocide/ar-AA1yQac8

The community’s sidebar doesn’t list a single rule so I don’t know how they expect to get users to fall in line if it’s completely unspoken.

Anyway this is a rare case of a very tiny community where no one is getting hurt so it’s not a huge deal. But if you plan on discussing news using any kind of acronym I guess don’t go there lmao.

Thoughts welcome! Am I missing something?

For some reason whenever someone posts any news about Pixelfed one of the top comments is usually along the lines of “no dark mode, no use.” Boy do I have good news for those users!

Like the rest of the Fediverse, and unlike corporate media, there are multiple apps you can use! Examples:

• iOS has Impressia (fka Vernissage)
• Android has Pixeldroid

This is also useful for users who have qualms about the Pixelfed dev’s more… distasteful? behavior (example I found today) and don’t rock with rewarding it, kind of like how a lot of Lemmy users might block or defederate the flagship .ml instance.

stolen from https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/113982057486401828