Not trying to start anything, and if this is the wrong place to post about it I apologize, I’m not sure where else to broach the topic, but as a user I’ve noticed an enormous increase is moderator action today and I’m curious if there was some catalyst that the userbase should be aware of. Prior to today, the modlog shows only a few mod actions most days, and previous entire months can fit within one screenview. Furthermore, most of those actions were locking posts or removing and reprimanding specific offending comments. Yet today there is an entire wave of moderator actions, including such vague notes as “Troll Post” on meme posts with significant engagement.
I promise I’m not trying to start drama, I am just concerned as I love Lemmy and want to see it and the community thrive, and I am concerned about the same issues that plague Reddit could potentially find their way here.
That said, I also understand this isn’t a democracy, so if the reply is simply “that’s how it is,” I guess I’m going to just shrug and accept it.
actual answer: it doesn’t increase, lemmy just stops showing some stuff in the modlog after two days or so. been like that for a while. you can still find older actions using the search tools but if you just start scrolling back it starts to get more and more sparse.
why is this? no clue. so sorry for the half answer but suprised that no one else has commented this yet as i have been aware of it for a while.
Yeah stuff from my screenshot is now missing from the Modlog.
Maybe I’m missing something here, but what’s the point of having a Modlog if the Modlog can be cleared? It’s no longer a Modlog, it’s a Mod-presentation-log, which is different.
yeah these are valid questions. perhaps it’s a bug?
Ah, well that dramatically changes my perspective on the matter. Thank you