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?

  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    So then by your latest logic steering people away from this sub will contribute to the improvement of this sub?

    I’d love to here your examples.

        • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
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          10 months ago

          I’m not going to provide an example for something I am not arguing is the case. Your inability to understand what I am arguing is your own fault.

          • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            steering people away from this sub to debating conservative ideas.

            I said this was the same thing.

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

            And this is partially inclusive.

            According to you steering people away is the same as debating. So I’m waiting for that example where steering people away from this sub will improving this sub.