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?

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    Some arguments aren’t worth it, so sometimes I delete things.

    That’s not inherently a form of dishonesty.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        If I’m being completely honest, I don’t remember the comment you’re talking about/the content of the comment.

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          It was along the lines of steering people away who are looking for other viewpoints. It makes sense why you deleted it.

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            1 year ago

            How truly awful, trying to convince fence sitters that are passing by. How truly wicked of me.

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                1 year ago

                Not really. Those are two different goals, and they are to an extent not mutually exclusive.

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                  1 year ago

                  That’s a lot of weseal words. Your goal of steering people away from this sub does not improve this sub.

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                    1 year ago

                    You can dislike what I’m saying all you want, it doesn’t change the fact that what I say is true.

                    Debunking conservative ideas and improving the sub are two different, partially inclusive things.