Yeah, that is a weird jump in accusations. Like... completely non-sequitur. If some important context isn't missing, this is weird behavior. possibly a sign of pathological issues.

so, yeah, unless something important is missing, PTB

the PTB continues

mia:

asks to remove insult to peoples intelligence from the function name for the hardcoded 'low effort' post filter

rimu:

'i'll have you know i am not transphobic, see i made a pronoun tag'

mia:

attempts to de-escalate and explain that this was not a personal criticism

kicked

Oh and the real kicker ? Rimu did all this after his big grand post about how he is stepping back from drama and hiding away from users.

when i read that post the subtext was always 'i'm isolating myself from anyone critical, only interacting through alts and toadies going forward'

like say what you will about the lemmy devs they've received way more criticism, targeted harassment and smears over the years without needing to turn it into a big vendetta like this has been. for example i've said that i think nutomic should step back in the past because of his actions! while i wish he handled that situation better and

at least since then he has left us alone and has largely stepped back from moderating things, rather than attempting to actively silence all dissent

PTB

"look at me im an ally!" like no bro, you dont get to decide that yourself. because you didnt get a pat on the back for this, or an apology for your perceived wrongdoings you ban them, immediately after they try to peacefully deescalate the situation. crazy behavior.

the more I see of Rimu's behavior, the less inclined I am to believe he's an adult.

This is particularly hilarious God Complex behavior coming from the person that just recently tried to argue for essentially a Fediverse UN... 100% missing the entire point of federation, that there is no one single central authority.

Like this is lolcow behavior, just very plainly.

Why is every maintainer of the threadiverse unhinged, like I switched to piefed partially because I disagreed with the politics of the Lemmy devs, and recently the piefed dev does weird stuff. Does making foss software really have that big of an effect on someone's mental health?

I can’t believe Rimu is antagonising friendly Quokka. What happened to him in the last few weeks?

When a lot of people criticised him and left the Piefed general group chat he responds so poorly.

For the curious, here’s that antiableist list

What do you expect from a communist like Chairman Rimu. He has already decided what is best for you and vibe coded it into being.

"stupid" is problematic

no it isn't

This is probably one of the most terminally online things i've seen so far

PTB, @rimu@piefed.social just loves to manufacture outrage for stupid reasons, or for no reason at all. That response and kicking @Quokka@quokk.au was straight out of left field.

I'm not a close (or any kind of) follower of these dramas, but judging by the kind of unhinged "fans" PieFed seemed to attract, and the expressed reason(s) for that attraction, I wouldn't be surprised at all if trying to appease them for months is taking a heavy toll.

Extremely bizarre behaviour.