Post #2361795

2026-04-17 14:50 UTC

Ok, those are all great things to hear from a mod. But it doesn't solve the problem at hand. These vandalized images are still right there, doing harm, making things worse for comic artists. How do we get them removed?

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@TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2026-04-17 15:15

[@dohpaz42@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/dohpaz42) On the grounds that no moderator was here to listen to the will of the users and therefore (exceedingly likely, due to overwhelming backlash) make a rule against intentionally de-attributed comics, I would like to ask your permission to go back and remove Beep's posts of de-attributed comics. I make a point not to apply rules *ex post facto*, but this is an extenuating circumstance where 1) there's almost a 100% chance such a rule would've existed if the community had been moderated, 2) Beep was obviously, intentionally, and maliciously taking advantage of that fact, and 3) the posts are still intentionally harmful to artists as they stay up. I emphasize points 1 and 2 for why *ex post facto* removal is entirely fair in this case and point 3 for why it should be used. This isn't an *ad populum* argument; I wouldn't be doing this if I just thought it was the popular option. (See above.)

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