I mean like:
If someone were to say “Lets Kill [Name of Politician]” and it gets removed, its still in modlogs. So like, I think the law still count modlogs as being on your website. So its not gonna remove legal consequences. And also, its not really gonna stop other people sympathetic to your cause from reading it from the modlogs and potentially get inspired/radicalized to do the act.
So what’s the point? Modlogs, while providing transparency, seems counterproductive.
It’s probably less about the legal consquences of people’s actions, and more about the maintaining the rules and guidelines of communities / instances. Sure, it’s visible if you explicitly go looking for it, but no one’s going to be browsing Lemmy exclusively through the modlogs.
I’m going to go do that now out of spite.
I sometimes paruse the modlog. Mostly just to keep the mods honest. Few months ago, I saw one mod had banned a guy from like 20 communities all at once, and in the reasoning, he said something like “banned the lib”. Me questioning that very publically forced him to explain himself, because now EVERYBODY was wanting to know the answers to my questions.
Without the modlog, I’d never have known a guy was banned 20 times, and I’d have never questioned it. I still wish the system here were better than just a modlog. I want the ability to vote out moderators. I want the ability for moderators to explain their case.
Because right now, we’re essentially reddit, but fragmented. But I DO occasionally look through the mod log.
If an admin bans a local user, they’re banned once, but if they ban a remote user, the way Lemmy currently handles it is to ban them from every community they’ve subscribed to. There’s an Issue about it because it’s a hacky and incomplete solution. As such, the ‘banned 20 times’ thing isn’t something that people should read too much into.
Lol I don’t “go through modlogs” but everytime I see a removed comment, I make sure to check the mod logs using the dropdown menu thingy when you tap the 3 dots, just to see whay it says. Especially if it has a few upvotes.
Probably some “The Adjuster” stuff that mods don’t want to get in trouble for.