Linuxsucks relaunches on a different instance to a rocky start

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Dude sets up community, is sole moderator
Dude sets up autoban bot
Sole moderator makes a post
Autoban bot deletes the post and bans the sole moderator
Sounds like a typical Microsoft experience.
- Made me think of this gem
- I'm still not convinced this isn't a bit, performance art, a very dedicated jester of some kind.
  It's too perfect.

Isn't that the one who thought they were being brigaded when people kept downvoting their posts?
- Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

Wait, the auto mod permabanned the actual mod? That’s hilarious.
- Someone misconfigured something. Perhaps if they knew how a computer works this wouldn't have happened.

poking fun at its cultish, toxic community.
I don't feel like I'm in a cult.
But then again...that's just what someone in a cult would say...
Oh..God...NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
/s (obviously)

Yes, saw that the other day as well, reminded me of the "flat earth discussion" policy initiated by LW and then cancelled due to the backlash, that was quite something
- Must be out of the loop, what’s LW?
  
  Lemmy.world
- What was that?
  
  https://lemmy.ca/post/36883858

A comedy in two acts. Well done.

Not sure why that post got removed specifically. I think it was just run of the mill linuxsucksposting.
- Heavy handed moderation as audience likes it.
- It says "automod." Maybe there's a setting where things get deleted and users banned if they instantly get 10000 downvotes.

Was there anything wrong with c/linuxsucks@lemmy.world ? Maybe madthumbs has other grief with lemmy.world, I'm not sure.
- It was an unpopular shitpost community.
  As a Linux user, I can enjoy memes about real problems with Linux, but his posting went beyond memes and straight into hate boner territory. He once said something about how open source is bad because a company charging money for services creates jobs.
  Anything other than circle jerking about 'Linux bad Windows good' got you banned.
  
  So, it was a problem with the community moderation then. The new community is moderated by the same person, no reason it will go any different then.
- The moderation not so much the content was what was wrong with it.
  Linux needs criticism and you hear the voices of the less tech savvy if it wants to grow its user base and gain wider adoption, similar to lemmy. But if that discussion is a bad faith, "Linux is bad and you can't change my mind" posts, with enforcement via moderation, then it's not useful to anyone really.
  
  I use Linux and I think a lot of the criticisms are not only valid, but often hilarious. Everyone who uses Linux has funny stories about fucking up their system doing something they shouldn’t have.
  
  The moderation of the community or the instance? Madthumbs is also the mod at linuxsucks@lemmy.world
  
  It's a meme community, calm down
- It was more Kauffman esque performance art.
  
  I think that's the sad part. They got into genuine flame wars with people. The stuff they'd reply was 100% dead serious and sad. Nothing fun or hilarious in an ironic way. Just angry and sad.