According to the modlog for !worldnews@lemmy.ml, @yogthos@lemmy.ml (display name: ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆) was banned by the instance admin @davel@lemmy.ml on March 20, 2024 08:52:45PM for “spam”. Upon examining the most recent 119 posts in that community (6 pages from https://lemmy.ml/c/worldnews?dataType=Post&sort=New to https://lemmy.ml/c/worldnews?dataType=Post&pageCursor=Pc99aa0&sort=New), I have found that yogthos is indeed the top poster in this past week, contributing to 19 out of 119 or almost 16% of the posts, with the second most posts coming from @naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca at 15 posts.
Just being the top poster over the past week or so doesn’t make someone a spammer, if we examine yogthos’ recent 19 posts, we can find that they vary in topics and sources. I hope that davel or someone can explain this ban or undo it if it was a mistake.
List of 19 posts, ordered by most recent: (Number of posts on each page examined: 5+3+4+2+2+3=19)
Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case
China keeps on finding ways to hurt USA Inc.
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-has-found-another-way-to-hurt-usa-inc-2024-3
Symbolism or Strategy? Ukraine Battles to Retain Small Gains.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/world/europe/ukraine-russia-south.html
IDF chief Herzi Halevi expected to resign later this year, Israeli reports say
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792885
Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
The Attritional Art of War: Lessons from the Russian War on Ukraine
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
Lindsey Graham, visiting Kyiv, urges Ukraine to pass mobilization law
China is now visa-free for Europeans: Take a high-speed train to futuristic cities and fabulous food
What Might the US Owe the World for Covid-19?
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/covid-19-gain-of-function-us-research
Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro
China’s Global South exports surge in first two months
https://asiatimes.com/2024/03/chinas-global-south-exports-surge-in-1st-2-months/
America Pulls Back from Ukraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/briefing/ukraine-us-aid.html
Niger revokes military accord with US, junta spokesperson says
Here’s How The Russians Are Taking Out Ukraine’s M-1 Abrams Tanks
Funding failure puts US at China’s high-tech mercy
https://asiatimes.com/2024/03/funding-failure-puts-us-at-chinas-high-tech-mercy/
Chinese buyers cancel, postpone Australian wheat buys amid global surplus
I guess we now know who is all behind those Sinophobic anti-China posts online.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/14/24100984/cia-china-fake-social-media-spying
Thank you, @qwename@lemmygrad.ml for your effort post, and thank you, fans of @yogthos@lemmy.ml.
That was a fat-fingered ban and has been undone.
Even on my Lemmy.ml account there doesn’t seem to be a point counter. There’s nothing to gain from the volume of your posts like on reddit and Yogthos isn’t posting their own website like those gaming website bot communities we allow. More posts just means more opportunity for discussion and more coverage of stories I wouldn’t otherwise see on here.
Thanks for the support, and I think perhaps we can use this as an opportunity to discuss modding transparency. I’d like to hear the rationale for why the ban actually happened.
PEBCAC. See my comment at the top.
ahh, happens :)
This is indeed an outrage. I support opposing the ban.
Yeah, this ban seems uncalled for.
Yogthos was fine.
He’s obviously reading an RSS feed or similar and reposting (my criticism would be… are you even reading the articles you post?) but that’s not cause for a banban.
Admittedly, I don’t read all the articles in detail, but I figure that’s part of the fun with forums like Lemmy. People will often point out interesting stuff about the article or provide more context.
Interesting articles probably don’t need to be “read” by the poster before they’re posted.
I’m a lazy person, and stick to my echo chambers pretty solidly so having a bit of the “outside” trickle in is fine.
Why is read in quotes lol
Well… sometimes people actually and honestly thoroughly read and article. The might even go back and reread it.
Other people read an article but by read they skim the first few sentences of each paragraph and skip to the next one unless it seems like the rest of the paragraph might have more useful context.
Other, other people will read as far as the headline or mmaaayyybbbee the first few paragraphs and decide to drop a post about it.
So… “read” instead of read seemed more appropriate in this context.
Lift the ban! Yogthos shares some really good stuff.
Repeal the ban!
I had to read this twice before I realized it wasn’t about lemmy.world.
This is some bullshit.
Maybe a wrong ban? There’s someone doing spam recently, I noticed the spam user posted in yog’s thread.
The spammer is back again https://hexbear.net/post/2110054
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Removed by mod
thanks for the support
