I noticed in the last few days, at least two very active posters got banned:

They are probably new people here trying out the fediverse because a friend recommended it to them, seeing that it’s lal not-so-active as they’re used from other sites, trying to populate it with content, and getting banned for it.

As far as i can see, they didn’t post highly-controversial stuff or sth. Just random and sometimes slightly-critical-of-society (but not very critical of society) comics, just as good comics should do IMO. I don’t see why they got banned?

This is not how the fediverse becomes popular among the population. This is how to convey an elitist look of “being sceptical towards new users”.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    I have noticed people complaining about this. Looks like a normal newbie who, after a few days of browsing, decided to post several comics in quick succession, then nothing again. Not necessarily bot behavior, since they post in the correct community and the comics are relatively funny and do not ptomote anything.

    But then I noticd that there’s several such accounts.

    It’s a mystery. One that might be solved by looking at the users’ IP addresses. I can’t, but mods or admins can. So I’m going to trust their judgement.

    Some transparency would be appreciated though.

    Edit: this community has only one mod. I looked at their posting history; they apparently made a web app to make the lives of mods easier. I also read them mention somewhere that they’d have preferred to just remove an offending comment, but the admins decided to ban that person completely. Maybe these are partial answers to the question OP asked.

  • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    They are not legit users. This weird behavior pattern has been going on for months, and I’m annoyed that all the discussion generated under their posts vanishes on a whim everytime these accounts self destruct.

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 months ago

      PieFed now both retains deleted posts (not the actual OP content but the discussions beneath it) for those who have the URL and also offers helpful labels rather than simply showing a blank page, like:

      The author of this post has been banned/deleted so they might not see your reply.

      Example: https://piefed.social/c/comicstrips/p/1660086/taco-tuesday

      Hot damn how I love my PieFed!! 😻🍰😋

    • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      5 months ago

      It’s probably just Stamets.

      Honestly, though, I don’t see what the fuss is. Laguriz seemed like a decent contributor who wasn’t spamming.

        • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Huh? No, he’s just mentioned that he has active alt accounts with different names. Honestly I imagine it’s pretty common, but I do sometimes wonder if other prolific posters are also him.

          • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Oh… that makes sense, thanks! I wondered why he was singled out specifically by name. I guess just more as an example of a common poster who is known to use alts. I myself have several, though I retained the name and icon to make it easier for people to follow.

  • cyrano@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    4days old account spamming borderline comics smells karma farming except there is no karma and no farm. Sir this is a Wendy’s

    • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      What?? I hope the reason people are being banned is a little bit less stupid than whatever this is…