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.

  • Muehe@lemmy.ml
    2·
    10 months ago

    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:

    reason: Deceptive content. Calling to abuse government system.

    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.

    • Swordgeek@lemmy.caOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • Muehe@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        Nah, this one was a direct link on purpose. But the edit box swallowed the @lemmy.ca part at the end due to trying user name auto-completion, so thanks for making me re-read the post. Good bot!