Ah yep, I see where this is going now after his post the other day. No thanks, I'll join another NZ community that isn't going to ignore bigotry in service of "free speech" 👋
I was a bit confused about this but have now discovered that the mod user is the same as the justgettingalong user (who must have forgot to switch alias in their comment in this thread).
Interesting that it appears you can have different identities tried to the same account across different instances.
Please feel free to apply for a mod position. We need all sorts of views on the team, and I've received very few applications. Be the change you want to see.
Communities are driven first by the people that join them, then who sticks around. In a setup like this, where anyone can drive by comment from any old instance, you're going to need to ban abusive people or the good users will leave. /r/newzealand had a solid set of rules and for the most part they were consistently applied.
https://god.dailydot.com/bartender-kicks-out-tweets someone linked the nazi bar story the other day, Twitter is fucked for me atm so I can't link the original. Either way, if you don't kick out the shitheads straight away then they become your userbase, and the kicking out has to come from the mods in Lemmy. Downvotes don't do anything here.
Hi all! I hope to serve this little community to the best of my abilities and help keep it an amazing place. At least once I figure out all the moderation tools.
Any chance you could state your views on "free speech" vs fostering civilised discourse?
Will you let bigoted, hateful, or nasty comments slide, if that means all views are being presented?
I'm not coming to this with any pre-formed opinions btw, I'm just wanting to see something stated clearly about how you intend to moderate, given the comments below :-)
Personally speaking, I'm not looking to hang out with people who got banned from other social media for spreading misinformation and hate. If this community is going to be a place where people like that are welcome, I will frankly feel unwelcome and would rather get out now.
I'm of the view that Reddit is currently hurtling itself towards becoming a far-right cesspool, and their recent changes will only exacerbate that. I'm trying to get away from that, I don't want to be part of another community that will do the same thing.
I want to foster a community that values open, honest and civilised discussion. Civilised being the key word.
I do not want to see extreme views espoused here, on any axis of the political spectrum. "Treat others as they would like to be treated" is a slightly different wording of The Golden Rule that I like to live my life by, and that going to be my philosophy of moderation.
Disagreement is possible without resorting to personal attacks, and just because someone has a different point of view on a topic does not make them objectively wrong, or a bad person. Remember that anonymous user is a fully formed person with their own life, experiences, hopes, dreams and fears. They put their underwear on one leg at a time, just like you do.
I have no intention of allowing members of this community to spread misinformation or falsehoods.
I have no intention of allowing hate speech of any kind.
Ultimately, my ability to moderate relies on our users making use of the report function. I am only one person and I'm not always on here. So if you see something you don't like, please bring it to the attention of myself or Dave and we will deal with it in an impartial manner.