Post AtR6jSoNDO2atB6fRo by mike@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AtR6jMrhK78QRkcEnQ by lo__@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T10:23:28Z
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@sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof well that's interesting. I noticed a #fosstodon moderator with a history of poor behavior - open bigotry, censorship, even trolling - and contacted instance creators Kev and Mike about it. I also got ignored - no meeting halfway either.https://mastodon.social/@lo__/114370692797365997At the time, I wondered if someone who behaved that badly in public should be trusted by Kev and Mike with the power to censor content and people in private.
(DIR) Post #AtR6jOAWTbmsUQQmmG by mike@fosstodon.org
2025-04-24T16:39:55Z
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@lo__ You're asking for the removal of one of our moderation staff based on that moderators interactions with you and others on Reddit. Your descriptions of that behavior seems more than a little hyperbolic, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be much "meeting half way" in your demands of us.Every action taken by our moderation staff is auditable, and they can all be reversed with the exception of post deletions. He's done that 23 times during his time 1/?@sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof
(DIR) Post #AtR6jPPRrbJwL0QDgG by mike@fosstodon.org
2025-04-24T16:44:49Z
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@lo__ as a member of our moderation staff, 22 of those removals being for non-Fosstodon accounts. The last time he removed a post for ANY reason was in February of 2024. That account had also had moderation actions taken against it by 4 other members of our staff. Moderation actions that aren't of a cut and dry nature are subject for discussion by the team. No one is running rampant across the instance censoring content or people. 2/2@sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof
(DIR) Post #AtR6jQI2aczP4Jxom0 by lo__@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T17:50:06Z
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@mike @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof we can get into the specifics, if you would like. For example, Carrotcypher exhibits a pattern of condemning and attacking news sources to the left of Fox News, and always in a way that favors things like the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil and many others.In addition to the example you already saw, here is another, where he calls CNN propaganda. https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1jjlazi/after_living_in_the_us_for_35_years_and_raising_3/mjpavbn/?context=3To someone looking in, does this appear to be someone capable of moderating fairly?
(DIR) Post #AtR6jR4bg3pzUwgbTM by mike@fosstodon.org
2025-04-24T18:03:03Z
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@lo__ To be quite frank, his opinions on CNN and Foxnews aren't particularly relevant. We have a code of conduct, and his job as a moderator is to determine if a post follows that code of conduct. It's obvious you can agree with the spirit of a post and still know it violates the instance rules. I've seen no indications that Carrotcypher is doing anything other than what we've asked him to do.@sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof
(DIR) Post #AtR6jRtecGfe3GZN2W by lo__@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T18:07:51Z
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@mike @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof frankness is a virtue! To be clear, you're not bothered at all by Carrotcypher's stance in favor of deporting in the US, correct?Or you *are* bothered by it, but you don't believe those publicly held stances are going to affect the way he moderates for you?Moving on, we see that he has a history of censoring information regarding LGBT people in the communities he does moderate. That history is publicly visible. What should we think about that?
(DIR) Post #AtR6jSoNDO2atB6fRo by mike@fosstodon.org
2025-04-24T18:26:21Z
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@lo__ To be clear, we're happy with the effort that Carrotcypher has put in as a moderator at Fosstodon.@sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof
(DIR) Post #AtR6jTQev2fKnv1F7g by rachaelspooky@cyberpunk.lol
2025-04-24T21:40:18Z
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@mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof i ask this as a fellow admin- why are you okay with having a far-right mod? this is a wildly disgusting person that you welcome into your space. i know that as a trans woman i cannot trust any fosstodon user while knowing what kind of person you happily let on your staff, whether theyre acting on those beliefs or not. it's not safe for our mostly queer userbase to talk to your fascist-harboring userbase.
(DIR) Post #AtR6qtQCg3cpRiLNHE by fedilore@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T19:03:09Z
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@mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof I mean, there's a question of if queer people in your community can trust how the instance is managed at this point.If, in his role as a moderator on /r/privacy, he's defending child abuse then wouldn't that give most people pause about what he's doing in his role as a moderator for FOSStodon?
(DIR) Post #AtR6r2QXCCEnNLZGXg by fedilore@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T19:04:15Z
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@mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof Especially since he's almost entirely inactive in the community.
(DIR) Post #AtR6tg0f00zEiaiuyu by byte@awawa.club
2025-04-24T21:46:53.667903Z
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@oathboundfamiliar @mike @lo__ @sotolf @adamsdesk @grueproof holy fuck :neobread_woozy: /gen
(DIR) Post #AtR6uHAWqHrhxucp04 by byte@awawa.club
2025-04-24T21:52:28.109556Z
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@yassie_j @adamsdesk @grueproof @oathboundfamiliar @lo__ @sotolf @mike Let’s collectively wish to everyone who’s involved and responsible for that a good old carhammer explosion