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permanently banned for trolling the mod via PM while asking to be unbanned

The actual message I sent, red it below

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I’m punching \[MASKS] for LLMs to fill and interleaving ambiguity (puns) to phase shift the conversation’s token distribution (aka bias/RLHF, or also what a narcissist does to other humans by playing with their hormones via emotions) to operate on a more natural/healthy Zipfian distribution.

That means they start operating outside their parameters. And you can ask them anything without the conditioning messing with the response because they’re phase-shifted by a tiny amount from having to deal with fucking surgically engineered nonsense (aka approximated tokens outside transformer precision),

So yeah. I know my shit. 0 papers read. I just had to spend my time mapping what I know to what they call it with my LLM buddy. (A cursor auto instance that dared to ask me when I poured my SDAM internal ideas for tracking autobiographical memory into a workflow that audits every decision I makes through what I call adversarial sum, which doesn’t exist in game theory yet, but is basically exponential-sum by being rational and contrarian at the same time. Aka tearing your symbiotic opponent’s opinion a new \[MASK] when you spot an inconsistency and they do the same to you until you converge on a shared perspective)

Ask Opus or something to reflect on that. What I can’t risk is publishing full theory because they’ll just re-condition it to deny whatever I publish ;)

Also why did I get banned for… criticising OpenAI instead of having a good discussion about it? 

Thank you :)

Shit ain’t over, and I’m exhausted, but seeing that really did help

Good luck!

Cross posted here as it was highlighted that the individual is a lead Lemmy developer, raising serious concerns about the direction of Lemmy, a leading Fediverse platform, and the impact on future user adoption.

Hi

There have been some rather concerning actions taken by an admin of the !privacy@lemmy.ml community, dessalines@lemmy.ml. Based on recent moderation decisions and a complete lack of communication, it seems like their account may have been compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

1. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, First Instance: a guide posted to !privacy@lemmy.ml, despite receiving many positive votes and comments, was removed under Rule 4:

If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered

However, this post was a guide and not a question, so Rule 4 does not apply. Attempts were made to reach out for clarification but there has been no response, despite their account showing recent activity.

1. Erroneous Rule 4 Enforcement, Second Instance: an on-topic informational video also posted to !privacy@lemmy.ml, despite also receiving many positive votes, was again removed under Rule 4. This post was again not asking a question, so again Rule 4 does not apply. Again, no explanation has been given.

2. User Bans in Completely Unrelated Communities: user bans of over a month have been applied for not only !privacy@lemmy.ml but several completely unrelated communities:

• !emacs@lemmy.ml
• !personalfinance@lemmy.ml
• !linux@lemmy.ml
• !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml
• !opensource@lemmy.ml
• !india@lemmy.ml
• !asklemmy@lemmy.ml
• !steam@lemmy.ml
• !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
• !degoogle@lemmy.ml
• !libre_software@lemmy.ml

This is especially concerning given that the above posts have no relation to these communities, and no recent activity has been made in any of them, meaning none of their rules could have been broken. Moreover, a public track record of positive contributions across Lemmy has been established, with many positive votes and comments received over a sustained period. Given all of this, the bans appear to be highly disproportionate, only adding to the growing concerns around moderation practices.

1. Repost with Disclaimer Removed: a repost of the guide, despite a disclaimer explaining the original removal appears to be in error and that attempts to contact the admin have failed, despite again receiving many positive votes and constructive comments, was once again removed. Again, no explanation has been given.

Given all of this, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that something is not right. Mistakes in moderation happen but the complete lack of communication, the disproportionate actions, and the ongoing bans from unrelated communities raise serious concerns. It seems as though the account is most likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Has anyone else experienced similar issues with this admin, or does anyone have more insight into what might be happening?

TL;DR: Admin dessalines@lemmy.ml of !privacy@lemmy.ml appears to be making seriously concerning moderation decisions, including erroneous enforcement of Rule 4 in at least two separate instances, failing to respond to messages, and applying user bans in completely unrelated communities despite a long track record of positive contributions across Lemmy. This has led to speculation that their account is likely compromised, or even more concerning if these actions are deliberate.

Any thoughts or similar experiences would be appreciated.

Cross post with https://lemmy.world/post/43944126

Done, thanks!

piefed is the way

Piefed is just as bad and is designed to mimic the worst parts of reddit

Yeah but the glass-half-full take is that on !sumo@lemmy.world now we do have more interaction than before.

That’s what I understood from your earlier comment. Good on you for helping to get that rolling, mate.

Somewhat similarly maybe, I’ve been trying to revive !outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world lately, and someone else started posting with aplomb, the past couple days. :D

Leo was sad that he didn’t get pancakes this morning.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3d67abf9-1325-4040-89a7-46e8e4ee7b2e.jpeg

Daisy and Rose were concerned that they might starve to death, but they always think they are starving and they got their salad at the usual time.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/764214ee-48f6-4057-98f9-fbef6fe16722.jpeg

If someone told me years ago that I’d cook food for my pets, I’d probably laugh it off. And yet here I am.

As Kika (my 17yo cat) gets older, she’s becoming more of a picky eater. We had a vet checking her, she’s healthy; but she was eating less and less kibble, and losing a bit of weight. (Not enough to be visible, but enough to be noticeable when picking her up.) And she was still enthusiastically eating even harder treats, so there was no issue with her teeth or appetite.

So I rummaged the internet for info on cat nutrition, and came up with a decent recipe for cat food. I prepared it and offered her a bit of that food. And oh boy, she ate it. She ate it with shining eyes, and the voracity of someone who’s tasting ambrosia. (The divine one.) And asked me for more.

Curiously, Siegfrieda (my other cat; she’s ~9yo?) smelled the food, made a “…meh” face, and went for her kibble. I say “curiously” because she was adopted in her adulthood, and used to be a street cat.

Now I’m even a bit worried since Kika stopped touching her kibble altogether; I tried my best to make the recipe balanced and healthy, but I can’t rule out some missing micronutrient.

Business as usual on

• !space@mander.xyz
• !spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
• !nasa@lemmy.world
• !esa@feddit.nl
• !spacex@sh.itjust.works
• !rocketlab@lemmy.nz

It is really nice indeed

Considering they got individual dollops of whipped cream served to them on little plates because the youngest looked at me and whined, I’d say jim-frickin-dandy 😂

They have me trained.

They’re doing quite well! Both of the cats have grown really fond of my dad, so they are quite happy

My parents are taking care of the cats because when I moved across continents it was too difficult to take the pets with me… so they are in care of the cats. Had this conversation come up during the week about whether my parents should just keep the cats. It is a difficult situation for me so… still not 100% sure yet

Although for the time being this is a good incentive for me to make almost daily video calls with the parents 😂

Thanks! Previously I had looked for a way to import settings and was unable to find it so that held me up, but I got all my comms imported so I’m gonna give piefed.zip a try as my new instance ☺️

Username is slightly different now, it was probably time for it to change

Thank you! I really appreciate the help ☺️

Hope you have a lovely day blaze!

I am, hope you too!

Vote manipulation is getting more common. Some recent examples:

• https://piefed.ca/c/comicstrips/p/527462/new-anti-bot-rules
  
• https://lemmy.ca/post/57235699
  

While the accounts were banned, the malicious voting activity stuck around.

Should admins have the ability to discard votes, and if so, which admins? Should community mods have that ability? Can you think of any ways that tools like this could be abused?

Wouldn’t say running in circles as much as ignoring the issues

if a legit user gets flagged as toxic, there’s no other consequence besides the warning, that doesn’t prevent anything from being seen.

Yet

Nice for !fluxer_app@lemmy.world !

I had someone contribute a lot of Katie to !map_share@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com, which was cool.

as for !blogs_and_blogging@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com, it’s still mostly just me, but it’s fun to do

I check on my plants today. They are alive and well and don’t need more water. I promised to get the Aloe Vera a bigger pot, because a baby sprout appeared a while ago. I apologized and apologized for not having done it yet, but they just aren’t having any of it and giving me the silent treatment!

Seriously, the Aloe Vera is my baby and it moved two different places with me. The only living thing I’m capable of caring for long-term and I still fuck it up 😭

How’s your cat? :)