I mean, 'twas is a word
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2025
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He said it is was and he meant it.
*She
Tis was true
A perfectly cromulent word
Tis Was
"And here we see a rare example of the English pasent tense..."
Well before my time:
Any context in mind?
I won’t rat anyone out ;)
Is that a slur? When used as a verb? And would that be against the rules here? If so, oh the irony. 'Twas nice knowing you, valiant Sunshine...
No, it means to "tell on" someone.
I know what it means; I wasn't being serious. I know that Sunshine is not the type to use speciesist slurs. :)
Text only interactions can be hard. Be well.
Someone needs to scour the modlog to find the person hah
Nothing happened, why are people trying to start drama over a joke.
Nice try but we'll find out the truth!
I was a ‘top 1% contributor’ in a subreddit (which I only discovered when opening new Reddit in an incognito tab) and had many productive conversations, until the mods banned links to sites that I used, started requiring links to sites that are blocked in my country, and removed my comment over it. Quickest I ever quit a community.
I had about 770k comment karma and was top 1% in about 20 communities. They didn't hesitate to get rid of me for "inciting political violence" smfh
And then here, the rules are partially based on feelings so I'm not sure if it's better or worse, I self-censor more here I think.
you posted too many luigis too huh
Reddit rolled out some wacky automatic moderation lately, that shadow-hides comments based on keywords, and optionally issues warnings to the users. Its severity depends on the particular subreddit. The beauty of it, of course, is that it doesn't take any context into account, and in fact doesn't involve a human until an appeal (if at that, even). Moreover, discussion of Reddit moderation itself may also be hidden.
You might've not been aware of it unless you've opened the threads in which you participated, in an incognito tab.
Totally support your decision.
Well then check out my posts in !music@lemmy.world, dangit! That community desperately needs some action.
Okay, I will check if don't forget to.
Eh. I don't know what the specific story behind OP's post was, but generally whenever I see things like "they gave life to the community" or whatever trotted out as a defense of a banned poster, it was usually an idiot troll whose usual contribution was to derail every discussion and piss people off. They only gave life to community if you define "life" as a high post count, which is a flawed metric for this very reason.
Edit: down voting the person I'm replying to isn't needed, the conversation about which cultural norms we do or don't wanna keep from reddit may be easier to have without the downvotes :)
This is a the threadiverse, most of the super active posters really do give life to the communities they frequent because no one else posts, and in my experience, are generally reasonable, good folks, if still human and fallible. If sunshine is choosing not to name and shame, it may just be someone having a bad day, or not noticing they broke a rule, or a disagreement they had over whether a rule should or shouldn't be as it is, where sunshine had the final say as moderator
That was very true on reddit, but I don't wanna bring the same "active posters suck" mentality here to the threadiverse just because it was an understandable sentiment on reddit. We have much fewer users, and only a tiny subset of that already small number posts or reposts anything
Shutout to @PugJesus@lemmy.world and @fossilesque@mander.xyz, my fave regular posters
Speaking of fallible, I've certainly taken my fair share of well-deserved lumps from moderation, lmao
Moderator action establishes a baseline for conduct in the community. Sometimes, even regular contributors need a whack on the nose with a newspaper - otherwise it ends up a tightly-knit clique with "rules for thee but not for me".
otherwise it ends up a tightly-knit clique with "rules for thee but not for me"
The "too important to reprimand" issue is why power corrupts and why Justitia is stylised with a blindfold. Letting things slide with some, but not with others, will create tension and lead to arguments why it's fine when that other guy does it. You'll end up with a bad apple, who may end up spoiling the bunch, or at least a few other apples. The people worth keeping around will accept the reprimand with no hard feelings.
Granted, the acclaim of being a frequent poster might not quite stack up to the level of power where that becomes a frequent issue, but that's a difference in magnitude, not character.
And thats okay! I appreciate that the smaller size of this platform makes it easier to see and remember the human behind the screen than it is on unbelievably massive platforms like reddit, and part of that humanity that it helps you remember is that people have bad days, get shit wrong, and sometimes don't put their best foot foreward, even when they post a lot- such is being human :)
Thank you for the nice comment, as usual
Thank you, I try ☺️
I've been thinking on another post about the fediverse and its culture lately (different vein from the last one though), but we'll see if I ever actually sit down and write it all out 😅
Hope you have a good one! Its always lovely to see your name and icon around
Seems promising, I'll definitely read it if you ever post it!
I'm doing, I hope you too! And yes, likewise!
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Why do you say threadiverse, not fediverse? Have i missed some nomenclature change? Wouldn't surprise me if I have, i'm usually buried down my own little holes around here.
Fediverse encompasses platforms as diverse as Mobilizon, Misskey, Peertube and Loops.
Sure, they all use ActivityPub, but communication between all these platforms can be quite finicky.
The Threadiverse is the subset of the Fediverse that follow a link agregator format: Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed. Compatibility between those is much better.
Blaze's reply is pretty much my reasoning
The fediverse includes a lot of things, but I'm really specifically talking about the way that reddit culture carries over to lemmy/mbin/piefed, and how we choose to build the new culture here
I don't think the person I was replying to meant any harm or anything, but I do think its always worth reflecting on what aspects of the culture from proprietary platforms we do or don't wanna carry over. And in this case, the mentality of disapproval for frequent posters is one I don't think we should carry with us to this new space, even if its shaped similarly to reddit :)
usual contribution was to derail every discussion and piss people off
Is that not the purpose of social media? Seems quite vital.
the number of posts is not that bad of a metric. you are confusing it with the number of comments, which would be correlated to the toxic behavior you just described. But, in general, the number of posts in any average community is a good metric for bringing content to the fediverse. If you know of any other metrics (better or worst) just tell... I don't think there's anything else. And a community needs posts more than anything. The comments may come and go, but I see them a bit as secondary/ accessory, and just a symptom of what's going on within the community (in which case, we need to see if they're constructive, positive, on topic, and so on.)
In the ITG (Dance Dance Revolution) community, a high profile, decade long contributor and tournament organizer was found to be a wife beater. The guy was also a cock, so I’m kinda sad it took his wife to get him kicked out of the scene.
If a dedicated community member gets banned it's usually just mod abuse like on reddit.
And then the comunity dies soon after. Tam param.
I recieved a report for this post, but it is fine imo. I think they may be hinting at comm/instance drama, but since no names were used, and since sunshine refuses to spill the tea, it is not seeding drama (at least amongs the unknowns like me).
Ime rules broken in a context like that are selectively not enforced