[Meta] New Rules, and New Future

2026-04-11 19:13 UTC

Well hello again everybody! This has been a wonderful past couple of days. I want to give a huge thank you to everybody who participated in my Under New Management post from Thursday. There was a lot of great feedback, and it will go a long way to helping me better understand all of your wants and needs for this community. Yay! Yes, this will be wordy. Read it anyway. I will try to be concise. I spent the entirety of Thursday afternoon and evening working through the over 600 reports that existed for the community. There are still a little less than 200 more left to work through. To be fully transparent, I was given the option of simply mass clearing all of the reports so that I could start with a clean slate. Halfway through, it was very tempting to take the powers-that-be (PtB) up on their generous offer. 😅 But, I wanted to see the reports and see what was being reported (and also by whom). Again, this is my way of learning about this community and its members. The first thing I want to say is this: for the time being, I have decided that @beep@piefed.world is allowed to stay – with conditions. I have reached out privately to them about their past behavior, and they conveyed that they will respect the rules going forward. I have conveyed back to them that their continued use of the community is contingent on their ability to not break the rules going forward (especially with the alteration of comics). With this said, I fully expect this to ruffle quite a few of those proverbial feathers. But, for better or for worse, the decision is made. Please do not report their posts/comments merely because of who they are. If you do report them for anything, do it because it actually breaks the rules (be sure to be specific about what rules). With this out of the way, I also want to take a moment to welcome the following people to our moderation team: @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world @Harvey656@lemmy.world @slazer2au@lemmy.world @Otter@lemmy.ca @cannedtuna@lemmy.world @18107@aussie.zone They have each reached out in some capacity to ask for this job, and I see no reason to not bring them aboard to help out. I expect that they will do their very best to ensure that this community, and its visitors, are treated fairly and with the upmost respect they deserve. Let’s be sure that they get the same in return. Everyone made it a strong point that we are all adults here, so let’s be sure to act like it.

Replies (19)

@Mac@mander.xyz 2026-04-11 22:26

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.

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@Nima@leminal.space 2026-04-11 19:32

"I have decided that beep(at)piefed.world is allowed to stay – 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!

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@i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 2026-04-11 20:15

Welcome new mods! Hold onto your butts.

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@slazer2au@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 20:41

.llɐ ʎɐp'פ

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@surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 02:12

But what about beep@lemmynsfw and beep@lemmy.world? Will only one of his personalities behave? Can't wait to find out

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@spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-12 04:36

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.

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@nocturne@slrpnk.net 2026-04-11 19:21

> 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.

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@MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 2026-04-12 01:09

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!

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@Grimy@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 03:29

This was removed? ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2f49258d-dc9a-4f4a-a8e3-e11a1bc62a10.jpeg)

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@JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2026-04-11 23:41

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!

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@deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2026-04-12 01:08

Thank you for taking on the task. We (mostly) appreciate it.

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@ActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.zip 2026-04-15 17:44

Do what you want with beep, I will continue blocking them. They had more than their fair share of chances to be a part of the community but they chose to be contrarian about it. Somebody with the power to hold them accountable finally reaches out and now they'll play by the rules? Beep you squandered all my good will, good luck somewhere else. I'm blocking all your alts too.

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@JetpackJackson@feddit.org 2026-04-12 00:04

Nice! Thank you!

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@Harvey656@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 20:10

Glad to be here. Hope we can keep this place clean and on topic!

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@breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 02:37

> beep is allowed to stay well fuck this community then. Didnt realise mods of a _comic community_ would be ok with a user continuing to use ai slop comics, and strip author attribution.

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@Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 21:03

GREAT NEW MODS FIRST THING THEY DO IS REMOVE MY COMMENTS AND LEAVE AWFUL ZIONIST GENOCIDER COMMENTS ALONE. THE HASBARA RATS HAVE INFILTRATED LEMMY

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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 22:56

(;＠‾＠) dlǝɥ ǝsɐǝlԀ

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@Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 22:08

"you talk like a fascist" and "you seem like a psycho" is following rule 1 (Be nice)? LOL

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@Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 22:27

That other 'mod' if you can him that has seen the comments and decided all of that was OK, while ALL of mine got removed. I will indeed leave it at that since I'm justifiably disgusted. If you want censorship and pro-genocider biased moderation then Reddit or X already exist. Do not appreciate it here. Goodbye

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