I discovered that I was banned from !ukraine@sopuli.xyz for being a “known detriment to the community,” despite never having posted there or even knowing about the community.
A similar situation occurred with !PleasantPolitics@slrpnk.net. This community uses a bot that bans people based on their downvote history, regardless of whether they’ve actually visited the community.
This policy from !PleasantPolitics@slrpnk.net actually caused me some trouble. After moving to a new instance, I stumbled upon this community and decided to post there. The owner then initiated a thread to have me banned across the federation for “ban evasion,” even though I was unaware of any prior ban and had only just learned of the community.
This owner has implemented a bot that automatically bans individuals, only to potentially unban them depending on their upvote/downvote ratio, without considering their actual involvement in the community.
His mod log is a wall of bans. lol
While I’m not usually one for pettiness, I think I would like to return the favor to those mods and pre-ban them from my communities.
However, I’m not sure how to go about doing this. Any tips?
Not upset at all. I just want to repay those mods with the same behavior. But I’m not upset about it.
And you thought I was a bot, so how would a bot get upset?
How would I do that? I’m a bot, right? And I don’t even remember any edits. I may have edited for clarity, but I post a lot, so I can’t remember.
The same way you edit for clarity perhaps? It sounds less upset tho, well done!