This a new one: Banned for abbreviating New York Times to NYT in a comment.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29191692

I don't even know what to think about this one. I'm not angry, more confused than anything. There's only one mod there so i asked them, and they said "It's against policy. It's the abbreviations policy."

I see no such policy anywhere, so who knows what's going on. Is it only the NYT that can't be abbreviated? What about the US? Is LOL forbidden too? And if so, why are we forbidden from laughing there!

They didn't even remove the comment.
The mod is user qrstuv. Maybe the only abbreviation allowed is when they say one? That's a power trip!

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I recall commenting last time this community came up that it was weird that NYT was allowed when other abbreviations were not. I guess their mod caught up. It’s a dumb rule, but even ignoring that, it’s not listed in the community!
- Yeah and they're refusing to explain where the policy is, or even what the policy is.
  
  where the policy is, what the policy is.
  And most of all, why the policy is.
  
  Oh policy, oh policy! Wherefore art thou policy!
  
  These are my rules, you cannot have them!
  
  Also how the policy is.
  
  its the abbreviations policy
  
  AKA TAP.
  
  D'oh!