The plain and simple of it is that I’m not a good moderator. I have no idea what I’m doing. I wanted a community where people could post conservative stuff without it getting overwhelmed by lefty stuff, and then you could have discussions/arguments in the comment section. Bring to light stories that wouldn’t normally be seen on lemmy. Since that didn’t exist on lemmy, I had to do it myself.
Right now, there’s a lot of toxicity, some straight up telling people to kill themselves. My whole moderation policy was basically “So long as it isn’t a straight up slur, you could comment it”.
You’d think it’d be simple, just ban those who do that. Well, what about those who defend baby murder? I know lefties genuinely believe it isn’t, but I do. How do you tell what is horrible shit, when lefties act like horror movie monsters?
What about those who I’m like 90% sure are arguing in bad faith? I want to encourage discussions and arguments, and if I’m wrong, what then?
Me doing keyword-based moderating was a bad idea, but I am at a loss of how to do better, without breaking what this sub was supposed to be about.
I need ideas.
How should I moderate this community?
You’ve made since deleted comments about why you visit the sub.
Some arguments aren’t worth it, so sometimes I delete things.
That’s not inherently a form of dishonesty.
Deleting your comment was not dishonest, the actual comment where you revealed your motivations for being on this sub was what I was referring to.
If I’m being completely honest, I don’t remember the comment you’re talking about/the content of the comment.
It was along the lines of steering people away who are looking for other viewpoints. It makes sense why you deleted it.
How truly awful, trying to convince fence sitters that are passing by. How truly wicked of me.
Pretending that you want to improve this sub while steering people away is disingenuous.
Not really. Those are two different goals, and they are to an extent not mutually exclusive.
That’s a lot of weseal words. Your goal of steering people away from this sub does not improve this sub.