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.
I don't think there's any such feature.
If you don't agree with the actions of a mod or admin, choose a different community or instance.
It's systemic though. If this can be abused it will. I think it's one of the biggest let downs of how Lemmy is structured frankly.