Comment on It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply.

smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you are saying nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear from moderation, right?

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  • smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean… “To fear”? No. But There are plenty legitimate to remove comments and posts that have nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, to do with mod overreach or censorship.

    • removing derailing threads from heated discussions
    • removing the annoying “just asking questions” people from LGBTQ+ safe spaces
    • removing posts accidentally posted into the wrong community
    • removing troll posts
    • banning repeat troublemakers not willing to follow the rules
    • removing aggressive, sexist, racist,… posts

    On the other hand, anti-moderation people only ever seem to come up with “but I want to be able to post whatever I want!”

    “Free speech” in this context means: you can go create your own instance or community, with blackjack and hookers! And mods can use the tools at their disposal to enable the rest of us to not have to deal with bullshit.

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    • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Ahh, so it’s ok to fuck with my conversation as long as you, smiletolerantly, think its legitimate. Whew. That’s a relief.

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      • smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Hm? I have never been a mod of anything :)

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