“Unpleasant” is anything that strays outside a very small circle of behavior. Moderation is a force for mediocrity and an energy-suck. And doubly so given the people who seek the job. It’s inevitable
Comment on If power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?
Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because without mods, people tend to be horrible to each other. Just read through the modlogs sometime, it’s depressing how unpleasant some people choose to be.
cameron_vale@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“A very small circle of behaviour” - okay, lol.
You can hang out in unmoderated areas with people hurling slurs around at each other, personally I enjoy a more civilized experience where people aren’t just trolling each other.
cameron_vale@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yes, an area full of assholes is bad. But an area full of smug fellows like yourself might actually be worse. The average asshole seems less inclined to team up with likeminded assholes and call their group vibe “objectivity” or whatever.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Why don’t you share your previous username? Then we can see what got you banned and use that as a test case for “is Lemmy better with or without mods”?
livus@kbin.social 10 months ago
You do realise that in the fediverse you don't have to have a mod, right?
You can:
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run your own instance
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create whatever communities you like there
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federate with the rest of us
No matter how much modding or even defederating any of us did, you would have the complete ability to say whatever you like and even see all our content.
All we could do is choose whether to see it or interact with it.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That is very well explained, thanks.
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otter@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Having moderated for a while, it’s surprisingly sad with the kind of stuff we have to remove from even small and low stakes communities