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

https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2761251/prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-for-mastermind-of-vietnams-largest-financial-scam

China keeps on finding ways to hurt USA Inc.

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-has-found-another-way-to-hurt-usa-inc-2024-3

Another Boeing emergency: Delta Airlines 737 plane makes emergency landing after one of the engines caught fire moments after taking off in Aruba

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/another-boeing-emergency-delta-airlines-737-plane-makes-emergency-landing-after-one-of-the-engines-caught-fire-moments-after-taking-off-in-aruba/ar-BB1kdWb9

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

https://apnews.com/article/bolsonaro-brazil-federal-police-indicted-covid-a0c1f1dba71553096d0de0f4f39d4caa

The Attritional Art of War: Lessons from the Russian War on Ukraine

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/19/un-weather-agency-issues-red-alert-on-climate-change-after-record-heat

Lindsey Graham, visiting Kyiv, urges Ukraine to pass mobilization law

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/18/lindsey-graham-visiting-kyiv-urges-ukraine-pass-mobilization-law/

China is now visa-free for Europeans: Take a high-speed train to futuristic cities and fabulous food

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/03/18/china-is-now-visa-free-for-europeans-take-a-high-speed-train-to-futuristic-cities-and-fabu

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

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/3/18/photos-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

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-revokes-military-accord-with-us-junta-spokesperson-says-2024-03-16/

Here’s How The Russians Are Taking Out Ukraine’s M-1 Abrams Tanks

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/13/heres-how-russian-troops-are-taking-out-ukraines-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

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chinese-buyers-cancel-or-postpone-australian-wheat-buys-amid-global-oversupply-2024-03-14/

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

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    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.

  • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    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.

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    8 months ago

    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.

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      8 months ago

      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.

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      8 months ago

      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.

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          8 months ago

          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.

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    8 months ago

    I had to read this twice before I realized it wasn’t about lemmy.world.

    This is some bullshit.