I am looking for mods!
1. The "good" part of our community means we are pro-empathy and anti-harassment. However, we don't intend to make this a "safe space" where everyone has to be a saint. Sh*t happens, and life is messy. That's why we get things off our chests.
2. Bigotry is not allowed. That includes racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and religiophobia. (If you want to vent about religion, that's fine; but religion is not inherently evil.)
3. Frustrated, venting, or angry posts are still welcome.
4. Posts and comments that bait, threaten, or incite harassment are not allowed.
5. If anyone offers mental, medical, or professional advice here, please remember to take it with a grain of salt. Seek out real professionals if needed.
6. Please put NSFW behind NSFW tags.
We do what we can with !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Power tripping mods get called out regularly, and sometimes whole community moves, like !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
That example gave hope for the fact that power tripping mods can’t act as powerful as on Reddit
Any message board without moderation will turn into 4chan sooner or later.
Comment removal happens on Lemmy too, sometimes with a cited 'no reason' because some butthurt person got compelled to report your disagreement with their world view.
Ah, so basically, in addition to blocking the community in question, I probably need to somehow label and remember the user that was having a 'discussion' with me and avoid interacting with them in future.
The only people worse than these clowns that will have a 'discussion' with you while downvoting everything you say are clowns that will have a 'discussion' with you while reporting any comment they don't like.
Tbf, I believe it's the automod. I dunno what happens when/ if/ after a human mod reviews the comment. Maybe a mod can chime in.
when/ if/ after a human mod reviews the comment
In my experience of being a reveddit watcher on Reddit, they'll literally never address the removed comment unless you specifically contact them about it. I dunno, maybe my comments have been restored or addressed but I blocked the community.
Moderators here have even less reason to use an automod that cannot detect context or nuance, because there's like 20 people in total making comments anywhere. And I don't need to put up with this shit.
Be the change you want to see. Be a mod, start and nurture a community. Otherwise you're just bitching for no reason.
Oh is it? I'm "bitching for no reason" in a community called 'Off my Chest'? And users that make up the vast majority and are actually the whole reason the platform even exists and succeeds in the first place aren't allowed to criticize moderators? So, do you apply that 'logic' to real life too? Do you go around telling people who are complaining about Trump to become politicians or else shut the fuck up?
Yeah, that doesn't work for me. I don't need to be a moderator to recognise a shitty moderator and call them out.