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"Post has been removed"...on a different server? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by swordgeek@lemmy.ca to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's correct, but it still irks me.

Controlling what your users see via defederation or blocking a community is public, but users aren't going to notice the occasional post disappearing.

It's manipulative in a non obvious way, and prone to being abused.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

That's a very good point. What may be a neutral (or biased for that matter) community 'at home,' can be invisibly skewed on another instance by their administrators. That's actually a bit concerning.