Civility in New Communities

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Maggoty@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨newcommunities@lemmy.world⁩

Guys I understand there’s big stuff going on in the world. This community though is really just about finding other communities. For now, on the theory that people kind of forgot where they were, some temp bans were handed out. I have no pretensions of this being c/news or something. But I also have no pretensions of this being c/news. It is absolutely beyond the pale to post your political broadsides here while people are trying to figure out the best place to have their community. The only way politics is acceptable here is if you’re talking about opening or moving a community about politics or because of politics. And it should absolutely remain civil. A simple, “I don’t like your ideology”, is enough here.

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Binzy_Boi@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You share a community, and get a solid 8 downvotes with people coming into your community to downvote the content you posted in the community you made and shared.

Thank God I have no other communities to share because genuinely what the hell. Why bother sharing a community you made if people that clearly aren't interested in what you're sharing only come in to downvote content they know doesn't appeal to them?

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- Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Unfortunately there’s not really any way to stop that and have an announcement community. The best thing to do is just wait them out or ban them.
  
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’d like to apologize for my part in this toxicity. I think I could have approached that thread in a more civil manner.

But maybe you can give me some advice for the future. What got me fired up was statements by people justifying indiscriminate mass murder. It just feels wrong to leave this kind of content unchallenged. But would it have been better to just report it and move on? I considered this but wasn’t sure if it constituted rule-breaking content per se. And I was wary of reporting something that might not be against the rules.

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- Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There are communities where that’s what drives the entire place. This just really isn’t the place, especially when it gets like that thread did. So in non political communities it’s usually best to just report that stuff and move on. As long as the report is in good faith a mod shouldn’t care. And to be clear I’m not saying we can’t have side conversations. This isn’t some draconian ruling like nobody can mention party or ideology names. But they clearly derailed that comment section for political discussion.
  
  As far as the rules being clearly posted, you’re the second person today to mention they may not be. So I’ll definitely be looking into that.
  
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  - LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    OK thanks for your thoughts, I’ll try to stick to that in the future.
    
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- 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  This is just my opinion but you should leave it unchallenged. When was the last time you changed someone’s mind because you posted a reply to it?
  
  I think we are just not being trained for situations like this in the west. People are talking about mass murder really triggers us. But you know, it’s designed to do that. More anger, more posts, more attention, and on big tech platforms, more money because more ads and traffic.
  
  Just look at the person writing these things. Are they worth even responding to? Who cares what they think?
  
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  - ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Whenever I respond to someone like that, I assume up front that the person I’m responding to will not change their mind. Taking that for granted, I write purely with the intention of providing a well reasoned counter argument for a third party viewer of the conversation, I.e. lurkers, hoping that it prevents someone from being deceived by the content I’m responding to, thus giving them a mental handhold to avoid slipping into some deep bullshit.
    
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Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Have you and the other active mods considered adding a civility rule in the sidebar?

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- Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’ve been thinking about redoing the side bar but it’s going to be a week or so.
  
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  - Snurt@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You don’t want to add civility - that constrains. Best let people be free.
    
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