Here’s the deal: I’m still going to post what I want in this community because what I’m posting fits within the theme and guidelines of this community which celebrates diversity of thought and opinion.
Moderation across lemmy seems to think of their role as filtering for specific agendas. Its unacceptable.
This is a political news article posted to a political news community, not one exclusively for pro-Harris or strictly pro-Democrat content. If someone feels it doesn’t fit the guidelines, I’d recommend that they feel free to reach out to the mods. They do an awesome job managing this community.
I mean, its an perspective you are completely entitled to and i don’t hold it against you.
I’ve just seen too much evidence to the contrary. At the same time, its a pretty crappy job that I don’t envy. I think we need better technical solutions that both support mods and make their jobs less crappy, but also prevent moderators from being able to “own” a sub like politics or world. I think we should recognize that subs and conversations are something we all create with our interactions and that no one owns them individually; it was one of my primary issues with reddit, that they thought they owned something they did not create, our conversations. There are some people who are mods on major subs on lemmy who should never be in a position of authority and act like tin-pot dictators.
Two things I think would massively help (that don’t involve a technical fix):
First, no moderation from the bench. If you are involved in a thread having a conversation, you are not permitted to moderate in that thread. If moderation is required, they need to call in a second mod.
Second, mods have to follow the rules as well, and are not permitted to create rules on an ad-hoc basis. Rules should go through a committee where the guiding principal should be minority right, majority rule. Minority opinions should not be silenced due because of moderators and have the right to exist. Toxic moderation is a serious issue and has helped to create a culture of abuse and brigading in this sub.
We have some real challenges to consider as we continue to develop the fediverse.
Moderation across lemmy seems to think of their role as filtering for specific agendas. Its unacceptable.
This is a political news article posted to a political news community, not one exclusively for pro-Harris or strictly pro-Democrat content. If someone feels it doesn’t fit the guidelines, I’d recommend that they feel free to reach out to the mods. They do an awesome job managing this community.
True! But the mods here are pretty cool.
I mean, I dont agree with that. Most are fine. Some are clearly editorial in their moderation.
Well I should clarify then: From what I have noticed here, the mods seem cool to me. :)
I mean, its an perspective you are completely entitled to and i don’t hold it against you.
I’ve just seen too much evidence to the contrary. At the same time, its a pretty crappy job that I don’t envy. I think we need better technical solutions that both support mods and make their jobs less crappy, but also prevent moderators from being able to “own” a sub like politics or world. I think we should recognize that subs and conversations are something we all create with our interactions and that no one owns them individually; it was one of my primary issues with reddit, that they thought they owned something they did not create, our conversations. There are some people who are mods on major subs on lemmy who should never be in a position of authority and act like tin-pot dictators.
Two things I think would massively help (that don’t involve a technical fix):
First, no moderation from the bench. If you are involved in a thread having a conversation, you are not permitted to moderate in that thread. If moderation is required, they need to call in a second mod.
Second, mods have to follow the rules as well, and are not permitted to create rules on an ad-hoc basis. Rules should go through a committee where the guiding principal should be minority right, majority rule. Minority opinions should not be silenced due because of moderators and have the right to exist. Toxic moderation is a serious issue and has helped to create a culture of abuse and brigading in this sub.
We have some real challenges to consider as we continue to develop the fediverse.
I agee with what you are saying. I think those are great points!