As the title says, i recently got banned from lemmy.world because they use regex (or a similiar mechanism) to ban someone instance-wide even if you write that thing on another instance
The mod log for whoever is interessed: https://feddit.it/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModBanFromCommunity&userId=20251941
Anyway, the culprit comment was this: https://feddit.it/comment/20981739
Apparently it banned me because i cited the blacklist that contained some URL or word that .world doesn’t like
Also, i had to use this 2nd account to write this post because i couldn’t access this community in my main one (it’s not an instance problem because when logged out i can find the community on feddit.it)
Honestly, i hope that .world admins wake up and understand that automated bans with regex are not the way and doing that on other instances is even worse!
I went to take a look at the modlog you linked and they unbanned you twenty minutes ago, so apparently someone did “wake up.”
Agreed that regex isn’t the way to go, though.
Yeah, i sent them an email this morning, luckly they answered me quickly and unbanned me
lol just stay away from world, its a shitshow over there.
I once got one for linking to a domain commonly used by spammers. I forget the context of why exactly, but it got reversed pretty quick without a big fuss. Given the volume there compared to others some type of automation would be needed without paid mods on staff.
The problem is that they ban you for something you wrote on another instance! The comment was on a lemmy.ml community on my feddit.it account, that’s something they shouldn’t even care about to begin with!
And still, the automation is just some bot that check for a regex so it’s not that great either…
Sadly that’s the issue with automoderators. Our own threativore has built-in functionality where you can PM it directly with the moderation-action code and the admins get a notification to reverse easily.
I know they have unbanned you by now, but hopefully the experience has made you realize that you would be happier on a different instance. Join us! :)
Oh! You explained that I overlooked. Totally on me! lol
