Just wondering what the limit is on rule 2 as I see things like covid vaccine effect questions, what scams are still around and other spicy topics. Don’t want to make anyone upset but it seemed odd.
Asking about the worst Lemmy communities is an easy way to share negative sentiment which has no real value and causes a lot of work for the mods. We’re a small team and looking at the comments that had already been posted, it wasn’t something that was worth our time to keep up with. Hence rule #2.
I would like to know peoples opinions on communities, what would be your advice on how to ask that here? Also is this the plan going forward to remove any post that could turn into a fight? And what of the people that put the insult comments in? Do they just continue on maybe bullying any post they don’t like until it is removed?
The discussion on communities is better suited to !fediverse@lemmy.ml.
See rule #2 - we specifically are careful around offensive topics because we don’t have the bandwidth to moderate them carefully. That can mean allowing a conversation to run to see where it goes if one of us has bandwidth - if it goes well, great. If not, it gets locked or removed, depending on the amount of interaction and the tone of the comments. Actively following each thread and removing comments as they come up isn’t possible due to bandwidth and tools, so it’s a question of looking at the value to the community and overall tone.
A post that is unnecessarily provocative or won’t lead to a good discussion is generally removed early.
Regarding bullying, that’s very much on our radar. There isn’t a hard and fast rule and needs to be dealt with on a per situation basis.
Feel free to take a look at the mod log (link is in the sidebar) for examples of how we handle tougher conversations.
why are you going to bat for someone posting provocative things because they’re upset they got banned for posting anti-homeless bullshit?
How do you figure? I have not even commented on any bullshit, just want to know if and how I can without being approached by pickforks. I would also be asking questions if it was the other way around.
