Censorship is absolutely rampant on Lemmy. I don't post particularly controversial stuff, but I am an active commenter and I've noticed that mods will just wipe my comments or those of others on a whim. I think this is a huge issue and one of the biggest downsides about switching from reddit. I very rarely had comments removed on reddit and when I did I received a notice at least. This seemingly secretive wipe of comments sometimes a full day later feels very oppressive.
Anyway, I know they show up in the mod log, but that's certainly not a place I want to scour on a regular basis. Is there any easy way to setup a monitor to at least alert me if one of my posts or comments are removed?
I think mods should be required to contact users and provide an explanation - right now its way too much power for mods to be curating content so heavily.
You got notice when your comments were deleted on Reddit?
Were we on the same Reddit?
On Reddit, they would get deleted but still show up for you, so you wouldn't even know they got deleted, even if you went back to look for it.
I believe some subreddits had auto-mod set to notify you about issues with your posts or comments including deletion / ban.
Always. I would get emails explaining which rule was violated and why moderation was performed.