While i think Beep is objectively a bad person, i see no reason they can't post here if they respect the rules. It's really not that ~~beep~~ deep.
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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"I have decided that beep(at)piefed.world is allowed to stay β with conditions. I have reached out privately to them about their past behavior, and they conveyed that they will respect the rules going forward."
oh cool! i totally trust a poster who posted specifically in bad taste in order to fight with as many people possible to stand by his weird obsessive stance.
i also totally trust the dude that instantly made alt accounts and alt communities just so he could attempt to evade bans and new rules.
I'm so happy to hear he promised this time! that makes such a huge difference!
I don't trust them either given they explicitly disobeyed rules before (which I'm sure hundreds of people pointed out to them, e.g. about post limits), but I can promise you I'll be keeping an eye on what they post here. They won't get the same leeway again, and I think it's a reasonable olive branch by jerkface given that they are able to post good material here when they stick within the rules β and, in my mind, so that the catalyst of the mod transition doesn't steal the spotlight as a singular reason for the transition. This isn't just "/c/comicstrips but beep isn't here", and I think that conveys that message while giving beep plenty of rope, so to speak.
We'll keep them in check, and it won't be a problem again. Rehabilitation where it's possible, and I think it's possible here.
i understand.
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Welcome mods! Looking forward to an active mod team, thanks for taking on the challenge!
Kudos, dohpaz, on the call about beep. The ban hammer is an easy out; I think this shows a lot of integrity and a considered approach to a controversial situation.
Welcome new mods!
Hold onto your butts.
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But what about beep@lemmynsfw and beep@lemmy.world? Will only one of his personalities behave? Can't wait to find out
Personally I am more concerned with the ones not yet made, as the known ones are already blocked. :-|
Thanks, much appreciated!
Modding a big community is a herculean effort but needed if we want the fediverse to thrive, so thanks for stepping up to the plate!
This was removed?
This was posted (and reported) before the rule change, and I removed it due to it's non-"family friendly" nature. There were a couple of other posts that I removed for similar reasons. Now, if you would like to repost it with the appropriate NSFW tag, you're welcome to do so now that the rules officially support this content.
My main point is that family friendly is something you may want but not necessarily the community. The rule wasn't enforced before.
Tagging is essentially the same as removing and not a compromise in my book.
That being said, I get this is a transition period and you guys have better stuff to do. I also think too many Meta threads at once is a bit annoying. I'm hoping we can have a more thorough discussion with everyone's opinion in a dedicated thread at a later date, hopefully with examples so we can give a proper opinion.
Thanks for taking on the responsibility in any case!
Tagging is essentially the same as removing and not a compromise in my book.
Come check out Mastodon sometime, where we also tag movie spoilers, politics, mentions of any medical condition, and eye contact.
There's nothing wrong with eye contact. It makes some people really uncomfortable. So we tag it so that they can filter it.
Imagine if eye contact and NSFW used the same tag, so if you wanted to see one, you also had to browse pictures of dicks.
I'm all for using custom tags in brackets in the post title like [spicy], but that's not the same as banishing it to the NSFW part of Lemmy.
I'll admit Lemmy is lagging behind in terms of built in tags. We need an adult tag to differentiate from straight up pornography.
It looksnlike the bottom of that was cut off, where attribution would usually be. I never removed it, but I would say that could be the reason. And maybe no NSFW tag, thats.... spicy?
It was for NSFW. I don't think many of beeps unattributed posts got removed. It's hard to know since the modlog doesn't handle images very well and you can't actually see them from. This was the only comic for which I recognize the name, I can't say if the other removed comics for NSFW were actually NSFW.
My problem with this is that, yes it is spicy but it isn't NSFW.
The pg-13 rule was the one most brought up in the last thread. I feel like it's being sweeped under the rug.
Tagging it NSFW is the same as removing it and a fake compromise imo. I'm guessing almost all users surf this comm with NSFW off. I see NSFW as being strictly pornography and things of that nature, not a comic with a joke alluding to sex, and is more of an instance wide thing.
The rule before was unenforced. I think, seeing as this is the biggest comic community, a minimum would be a thread about it with examples of what would and wouldn't be allowed. Idk, maybe I'm asking for too much. It's mainly that we are talking about changes to what type of comic is allowed, which seems major.
I don't really want this place to turn into happy meal comics over time. Thanks for your response though.
There's going to be plenty of growing pains. As of right now I will just enforce things that I think are egregious. Most of Beep's old posts will stay, there was just so many that we all just hit the 'resolved' button and moved on. There is no point to bully when everyone knows we will be nose down the microsecond they post anyway.
As far as the NSFW tag goes, I could lean either way but that comic toes the line for me pretty close.
It doesn't toe the line for instance wide rules, based on what gets posted in meme subs for example. And the instance wide rules was what this community has been going with for more than a while.
How you guys plan to deal with spicy comics is different than how it was dealt with before.
I'm happy there are new moderators. I don't get why we have to lose a whole category of content though. Feels worse knowing the guy that caused all this, and basically spent a month insulting everyone here is staying but the content is getting censored. What was the whole point? I could block him but there isn't a way to see the content you guys remove.
I guess we will see. The part about it not showing up in the modlog makes it tad bit more frustrating.
Im not sure where your getting loosing a while category, the community rules state NSFW is more than allowed, just needs to be tagged.
I don't know enough about the modlog to comment on it beyond my previous statements.
There are bound to be differences between how things worked before, the entire team is new. Not necessarily new to modding, but new for the community. We will do our best to reign the bad actors in, and stay out of the communities way letting this place run well. Hopefully.
Im not sure where your getting loosing a while category, the community rules state NSFW is more than allowed, just needs to be tagged.
Basically, tagging and not allowing it are the same thing since most don't surf with NSFW, NSFW being mostly for actual porn from what I understand.
It's been brought up before that tagging something with NSFW is basically sending it into the abyss for this comm. No one sees it. I won't at least and I don't think I should have to start surfing porn just to see content I had access to before.
Just to be clear, it is a change and I don't think that change is wanted overall. I could be wrong which is why I invite further discussion maybe later. Just, deleting old comics with Pixar cartoons feels like a bad start. I can also imagine it getting worse over time since a lot more stuff stuff can toe the new line.
But in any case, happy to see this place with a new mod team!
Ultimately I am happy to be here, I hope that we can all together make this a better com than it was before. Might prod around later to see what others think about the tagging rules.
Personally I think it should be tagged nsfw.
I like the metric I came up with the other day.
If you'd get arrested for showing it to a 16yr old, tag it. If you'd shoot your "creepy uncle" for showing it to your 16yr old kid, tag it.
It's not that I think a 16yr old isn't mature enough for this type of material, but it's a lot different if a much older person shares it with them. When in doubt - tag it.
Thank you for taking on the task. We (mostly) appreciate it.
Nice work, DohPaz and folks! I guess it will be interesting to see if the various beeps clean up their act across the other comics /c's they post at...
Also, I confess a swell of jealousy about getting so many mod volunteers in past days. I haven't had a single volunteer at my comics place over the years, altho of course it's smaller (~1.1K users), and more niche than yours. Anyway, thanks for your efforts, here!
The first thing I want to say is this: for the time being, I have decided that beep is allowed to stay
That is disappointing to hear.
I think if you follow the rules as theyβve been laid out now, you should be allowed to stick around.
Previously the rule requiring a source or attribution link was not a rule.
While I donβt agree with Beepβs public POV on how website links for the artists are equivalent to an advertisement, it wasnβt against the rules. Just kind of rude.
If theyβre willing to follow the rules now, they can stay. Itβs that easy.
Also holy sheet what happened to not feeding the trolls? The whole thing was obvious bait and so many people took it
Nice! Thank you!
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