https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29191692

I don’t even know what to think about this one. I’m not angry, more confused than anything. There’s only one mod there so i asked them, and they said “It’s against policy. It’s the abbreviations policy.”

I see no such policy anywhere, so who knows what’s going on. Is it only the NYT that can’t be abbreviated? What about the US? Is LOL forbidden too? And if so, why are we forbidden from laughing there!

They didn’t even remove the comment.
The mod is user qrstuv. Maybe the only abbreviation allowed is when they say one? That’s a power trip!

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    A very common technique back on Reddit. The political subs loved to ban for petty or “humorous” reasons whenever a particular account got too popular. I remember /r/Libertarian banning an account for having too much accumulated karma. /r/neoliberal had all sorts of “joke” moderation rules they referenced to as posting monetary policy. It was all childish bullshit intended to filter who participated and narrow content down to whatever mods preferred.