Disclaimer: The issue here is not completely related to the bot presence, but more about the justification used. People would probably be less annoyed if the mods stated “this is our decision, and it is final”, rather than to try to use admins as an excuse.
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https://lemmy.world/comment/12825224
https://lemmy.world/comment/12834553
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Why do mods feel the need to lie about something like this? Like seriously. Saying the admins require it, instead of saying they just don’t want to remove it. That’s dumb, and makes them look dumb when the admins see it and deny it, or when people just ask the admins. Life lesson, don’t lie as a moderator about stupid things like this, it only erodes your credibility and doesn’t do anything else for the situation.
Some people are terribly conflict-averse. Not a good trait in a moderator.