Yesterday I created a post on a regional community on lemmy.ca.
Fairly quickly thereafter, I got a DM saying that the post had been removed because someone who disagreed with me complained. Oddly though, the DM came from a @Automod@lemmy.world - not the server hosting the community.
Furthermore, I still see the post when I go looking - and there has been a bit of discussion about it.
So my questions:
(a) Can a post be removed from a specific federated instance without being removed from the original instance? (b) Is there an appeal process for removed posts? I’m sorry that the guy got all butthurt, but my post was sincere, measured, and (I think) reasonable. If it offended someone, they should discuss it.
Ah with that link it’s easy to track down what happened.
First you go to the community on the server in question: https://lemmy.world/c/alberta@lemmy.ca
Then you click on Modlog in the sidebar: https://lemmy.world/modlog/3835
And since there is pretty much nothing in it we immediately see the entry for your post saying:
Note that when you compare your servers Modlog that entry is missing there, so yes, only removed for people connecting through lemmy.world.
Not sure how appeals work there, you can probably reply to the account that notified you, or go to the !support@lemmy.world community.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !alberta@lemmy.world
Nah, this one was a direct link on purpose. But the edit box swallowed the
@lemmy.capart at the end due to trying user name auto-completion, so thanks for making me re-read the post. Good bot!This is fantastic information! The things I’m learning from one deleted post are remarkable!
The account that notified me is an unmonitored auto-mod account, which says “don’t reply - nobody will read it!”
I might actually post in !support@lemmy.world on this one. Thanks for the info.