Here it is once again. It's that time of the year. Valve have opened the floodgates for you to throw money at your screen during the Steam Summer Sale 2024.
Locked the post due to many, many off-topic comments
The owner of this gamingonlinux site used to be a mod on this Lemmy community until they got caught abusing mod powers because they didn't realize mod actions were public. They deleted their account and complained about the public moderation aspect on Lemmy on their mastodon account.
This is nonsense. They stepped down voluntarily because of unfounded accusations of such (and because they felt their time was better spend elsewhere than to deal with such community drama).
They deleted my comments that broke no rules and the reason for it was "annoying". Not to mention they broke the rules themselves by being an asshole. That's far from "unfounded". At best, you can disagree.
They deleted an entire comment chain of nothing but off-topic brickering started by you being a grammar Nazi after they decided to be the adult in the room and fix the title you objected to.
I made one comment because the title was lacking a key piece of information which was frustrating, and provided an explanation on why it was frustrating.
They responded with a childish and asshole response, which breaks the rules by the way. I'm not sure how that makes them "the adult in the room".
You could have also not have been a grammar Nazi. It was clearly you that started the debate, don't expect people to adhere to higher standards than you yourself are willing to adhere to.
Thanks. I remember seeing that thread on Mastodon, but I hadn't associated it with his actions. I think open logs are good and if someone acts like that as a moderator, it is best if they step down.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/ is a wealth of information, of which, I am not willing to let go, as it is a resource of current news that is very relevant to this "Linux Gaming" sub. So no; I will not stop linking https://www.gamingonlinux.com/ to this sub just because you got butt hurt.
It's not about being "butt hurt" it's about consequences for abusive behaviors. I don't think people who abuse their moderation powers and status should be rewarded with free advertisement on the place they committed their abuse.
I think that this community needs to change its displayed rules, since it seems that it does not apply to the moderators:
Please be nice to other members. Anyone not being nice will be banned. Keep it fun, respectful and just be awesome to each other.