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Oh, I'm sure there's all sorts of stuff going on that's not obvious. So long as it STAYS that way, I'm OK with it. :) Just like we mods have our own channel of communications, so do the Admins.
But the stuff the Admins do that is public, like discussing defederation from other instances, stuff like that? Well within their rights as Admins.
But nobody is telling us as mods "hey, we need you to delete content x" unless it's a clear violation of lemmy.world policy, like when we had to crack down on copy/pasting full articles in violation of copyright.
I can see why you wouldn't want to know. But as a user, I want to be able to not have to check if things are deleted or modified for no reason. Good luck for next year, it's going to get crazy I'm sure.
I'm not in a position to say what the Admins can or cannot do because I'm not an Admin. :)
What I CAN say, as an IT professional, when you have APIs and bots and tools of all sorts, the only real limit is "how much time and effort are you willing to throw at it?"
It's a little disheartening to hear, tbh. I've always thought of all of the instances as hobbyists just doing their thing, but we don't really know. I do know now that the LW admins can be trolls, I don't know if Ruud is one of them or doesn't have the time to check on them though.
Oh would you shut the ever living fuck up?
You are whining relentlessly about the admins and saying they're doing shit that isnt obvious and accusing them of whatever else.
Where's your proof? Oh yeah. You don't have any. Wouldn't be surprised if you're YoBucks alt at this point.