If you look at the content feed of /c/conservative most of the recent posts seem to be fairly anti-conservative, or at least not very flattering. For example “Almost Twice as Many Republicans Died From COVID Before the Midterms Than Democrats” was just recently posted.
In other words they may be modding both subreddits because they’re not actually conservative.
Scroll back to see what they were posting originally, the stuff with the downvotes was nasty. That’s why people got together to change that.
You’d think the moderators would be removing the anti-conservative stuff though if they were actually conservative.
“FWIW I un-removed your removed comment(s)” - mod of conservative
Having people that strongly agree OR disagree with the political beliefs of a communty be the mods of this community is suboptimal at best. If you align the beliefs of the mods with the communities, you get a “positive” feedback loop, making the place more radical as time passes. The opposite will happen if you oppose the beliefs of the mods and the communities. Good mods of political communities will not express their political beliefs. Modding politics is not about liking or disliking opinions and beliefs but more about enforcing agreed upon and sensible rules that don’t have to be related to the political topics at times.
To make the example easier to understand, I will use a radical example.
If you let Neo-Nazis that actively take part in the community be mods of a political community, you will ineviteably see a positive trend towards national socialism. Posts that don’t align with their beliefs at all get removed, this will increase over time and wheir boundaries will also get stronger with time.
It doesn’t even really matter if the community was auth or lib or left or right to begin with.
Probably creating many communities. Though I agree it is difficult to remain impartial on topics like this.
Yeah, their “moderates” list is huge. I hope that with individual instances having more control here, we don’t see quite as many of these absurd thousand-community mods.
The benefit of the fediverse is that if something like that does turn out to be a problem, the server admin can replace mods or we can use a different instance.
Honestly I don’t think that’s quite it. Switching to a different instance is no different from switching to a new sub: sometimes it’s just not realistic. What I think the advantage here is is that Reddit is effectively one instance, and they have no interest in doing any kind of community admin. There will be instances like that here too, but it’s not going to be all of them (I suspect not even most)
Good grief, their community list is absolutely bloated, probably an attempt at powermoderating or domain squatting if I had to guess. It is unfortunate that they’re modding LGBTQ+ though, they seem to suffer from a case of “enlightened centrism” and that is pretty harmful given today’s climate for trans rights. (For context, the post in question is a single panel comic of a trans person dragging a child into an gender affirming care clinic, basically perpetuating the groomer libel of LGBTQ+ people)
@Goathound @Hurts @Izzent Maybe he was over here a long time ago. Went to reddit. Saw all the popular communities and Created all of them. I would signup for another instance, create the community you want. then link everyone. enough people then they will get bigger then the one on lemmy.world instance. Worth a shot
This is both the upside and downside of Federation!
@667 @Hurts @Izzent @Goathound Yep. I’m noticing that
Yeah it really sucks that a conservative could actually like gay people
I think they are more concerned about the damage someone running a community in bad faith could do to folks who may be vulnerable and looking for some relief and mental health tips within a safe group, opposed to a conservative liking gay people…
I go to a lot of recovery groups online and having a mod from a pro usage/drug group would be very concerning.
Who says he does? Who says this isn’t an attempt at controlling the narrative?
Since they seem to mod liberal as well as conservative, all bets are off.
I think this is the most likely answer, just another power mod.
I wonder how long it will be before “power mod disorder” gets into the dsm
Centrists spits are conservatives who just don’t feel comfortable calling themselves that, and in a country where fascism is already on the rise, they’re effectively collaborators.
They do seem to be actively posting in a lot of the communities, so maybe it’s just someone trying to seed new Lemmies. There’s a lot of people that want new communities but also don’t want to moderate, so someone like this could be filling an actual gap if they have good intentions.
Yeah people are making so many assumptions about how there is a conflict of interest with moderation in /c/lgbtq while there is literally zero activity in /c/lgbtq. There are so many baseless assumptions being thrown around. People should start posting in /c/lgbtq and if @Hurts proves to be an issue moderating there, he clearly is more than willing to step down as head mod there just like he did at /c/Conservative.
This is correct. I have already passed off ownership of c/conservative, I’m simply just another moderator now. I have also added mods to any of the communities that actually have content (most of them do not without me seeding it). I have not rejected a single request from anyone that reached out to moderate any of the communities (the biggest ones are c/nba, c/nfl, c/baseball, c/pics, and c/news). I was discussing adding someone as a mod on c/news last night before I logged off and one will be up today. I haven’t received any requests on c/pics but the volume of posting isn’t really unmanageable.
Edit - And anyone wondering WHY I didn’t remove posts from the one guy that was posting there, the answer is because I believe the voting system should be allowed to do its thing. All of his posts were heavily downvoted, it shows exactly where the community there or those passing by stood on the posts. I don’t believe in overmoderation which Reddit fell victim to and curated those echo chambers by removing content and posts they disagreed with.
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Are you suggesting that a conservative cannot also be LGBTQ+? I’m not conservative but I am a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. Nonetheless, it seems prejudice and hypocritical to assume.
With the stuff they’ve been posting in conservative, yes. Yes I am.
I can’t see what they’re posting cause I have it blocked but I’ll take your word for it.
I can see the hive mind (or at least part of it) has migrated to the fediverse lol
I’m glad I’m not the only one who can see that
Are you suggesting that a nazi cannot also support rights for Jewish people?
Are you suggesting that a conservative cannot also be LGBTQ+?
Yes. 100%. What do conservatives stand for other than rage-baiting culture war bullshit? They certainly aren’t in favor of fiscal responsibility or combating Russia’s influence in the west or upholding the rule of law for everyone. What’s left?
I’m conservative, there’s nothing wrong with gay people I don’t know why you would assume that all conservatives have something against them. Maybe it’s your Limited worldview
Maybe it’s because it’s literally part of the platform for America’s conservative Party.
there literally is not an “America’s Conservative Party”
I’m talking about the Republican Party in a way that non Americans would understand.
I’m conservative, there’s nothing wrong with gay people I don’t know why you would assume that all conservatives have something against them. Maybe it’s your Limited worldview
So answer the question. Without culture war “anti-woke” nonsense, what’s left for you to believe in that causes you to identify as a conservative? They ran the deficit up $8 trillion dollars in four years, they’re all about how cool and awesome Russia is, and they refuse to even wag a finger at any of their own who are indicted or convicted for crimes the rest of us would already be strapped into Ol’ Sparky for. What beliefs do you have about the direction of America that line up with the conservative position in 2023 that don’t involve the removal of LGBTQ+ people from society?
Or is this one of those “Gay people are fine. It’s the groomers and the drag queens who we need a final solution for!” things?
speaking as a trans queer person, having seen the rhetoric conservatives use to speak about people like me in both media and politics, having seen how they treat disabled folk (many of my queer friends are disabled), having seen how they treat the poor and unhoused, many of my lgbtq friends being poor and unhoused, having to do sex work that terrifies me bc i can’t afford rent on disability rates
yea you can’t be conservative in 2023 and support queer rights or advancement. it’s literally not possible. you can privately be accepting of queer people in your life. but if you’re a conservative, you’re grouping up with people who are trying to kill us.
edit: bc i’m dumb and white i didn’t include this initially, but conservatives also organizationally support cops lynching Black folk and i’d like to add that, this is another reason i will literally never befriend or fuck or even tolerate a conservative, outside of contexts where my safety is at risk. fuck conservatives. every one of them.
Fair enough. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and don’t like to think the world is black and white or absolute. Sorry to everyone if I came off as a dick in my initial response; Not my intention.
you didn’t come off as a dick. i just think you were wrong. i give everyone the benefit of the doubt too, but people who wear conservative colours remove all doubt when they put on their uniforms. a conservative set of beliefs implies certain actions and behaviours, and literally every single one of them is destructive socially, and most of them are destructive to me personally.
i see a conservative, and i know i’m in danger. whether they say “you know i actually don’t have a problem with gay people!!” or not
conservative lgbt people usually just go with “lgbt” rather than “lgbtq”. I’ve also seen “lgb”. yes there’s conservative lgbt people but… you know how things are lol
Yeah, I suppose you’re right . I just try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and don’t like to think the world is black and white or absolute. Sorry to everyone if I came off as a dick in my initial response; Not my intention.
no worries. and yes, I understand what you mean. people have a mix of views and sometimes it’s counterintuitive. I’m far left in terms of economics, a bit conservative socially, and am transsexual. and a lot of people get confused by that lol.
I haven’t dug into the magazines/subs in question, so it could go either way. But it’s not uncommon for conservative lgbt to avoid the lgbtq label, and for people on either side to “squat” groups due to the conflict.
There’s conservative gays and self hating gays and guess what, they’re the same gays. Imagine the mod of gaming was Bobby Kotick, sure, he’s gamed, his gaming CV is a lot more interesting than most, but is he really the person you want shaping the discourse around gaming?
Oh. This is interesting. Now we need /c/lemmydrama …
grabs popcorn
I don’t the the community is actually conservative, but rather critical of conservatives.
Scroll back, you’ll see what it was like before a concerted effort to change that happened.
I really hope it’s in good faith, cause if it is, that may be a slimmer of hope that conservatives can co-exist amongst LGBTQ+. I’m more of a centrist (no, that does not mean I play the both sides are equally bad or I play both sides, get that out of your heads) and I have a few conservative opinions. This does not mean I agree with the extremism of the U.S. conservatives pushing laws and misinformation to opress LGBTQ+ and other minorities. It’s sickening.
What does “conservatism” mean to you? In my opinion there is no functioning definition of it that is safe for LGBTQ coexistence.
I’d argue that the aging gay NIMBY community in San Francisco is an example of being both LGBT and conservative, though they vote almost 100% democrat. I don’t think Republicans and queer folks can coexist, given the whole “want to erase anyone not straight from existence” thing. But conservative and queer is definitely a thing.
You can always come to kbin’s LGBT or queer communities and avoid that drama.
Federation is awesome!!
Because of all the closeted Republicans. Why do you think they constantly talk about Gay and Transpeople all the time ? Its what they are thinking about 24-7
That’s pretty dumb thing to say
I always think about Ted Haggard when this comes up.
I’m not sure. They may be a power mod, trying to grab as many communities as possible, they may be trying to infiltrate one of the communities, or they may be some form of a centrist or conservative queer person. One of the good things here is that the mod logs of these sites are open to the public, so we can keep an eye out for unjustified bannings or iffy behavior from this user and move away from their community if needed.
I’d like to think that it’s just an lgbt person who’s also conservative (I’m transsexual and on the conservative side myself) but given it’s “lgbtq” I kinda have a feeling it’s probably a more progressive person who claimed the conservative sub to control it, rather than genuine interest…
“You are coming from an echo chamber (Reddit). You are more than welcome to not participate in this community, which I’m not sure why you’re here in the first place given that you are clearly not a conservative nor do you hold any(?) conservative views.” @Hurts@lemmy.world
Seems pretty conservative to me.
“If you don’t have conservative views, go away,” “echo chambers are bad,” same person…
I just took a look and… yeah looks pretty conservative. huh. that’s kinda rare to see.
I’d like to ask a question in good faith here, if that’s alright.
If you are trans, why are you supporting American conservatives that platform policies against your health and existence?
I’m not asking as a ‘gotcha,’ because that lacks a compassionate curiosity. But I’m puzzled because these stances and identities seem incompatible and I’d like to understand better why, to you, they are.
You’re under no obligation to answer, but I’m trying something new and pumping the brakes before I shut down curiosity to make a judgment. Whether you’ll afford me that or not, is up to you.
Well to start, being conservative doesn’t mean I necessarily support the american republican party or the various republicans in it. I like some more than others, but I typically don’t vote republican.
When it comes to “my health and existence”, ironically enough republicans tend to push back against transgender legislation that tramples over transsexual rights and healthcare. See the pushback against the equality act for a good example.
My views on lgbt are kinda complicated, and don’t fit neatly within either the democrat or republican party, but they’re “conservative” in nature (ie not new, but rather a return to how things were before).
On other issues, I tend to be conservative. For instance I’m pro-life, pro-gun, pro-free speech, etc.
I also consider myself to have far left economic views, akin to stuff like socialist policies (ubi, medicare for all, etc). So in practice I end up feeling more like a far left person with some conservative cultural/social views. There’s not really a good label for people in this situation lol. I usually say “far left conservative” but that just confuses people lol.
Thank you for answering.
Why do you believe the Equality Act tramples over transsexual rights and healthcare?
And do you think your conservative values are instrinsic, or a part of your upbringing?
So on the equality act, it’s a modification to existing legislation. the existing legislation protects sex-based rights (anti-discrimination), and the unstated assumption is that it includes lgbt. with the equality act it changes the definition of “sex” to refer to the vague pseudoscientific concept of “gender identity” which is predicated on the idea that transsexuals don’t exist. The end result of reading the text being that sex isn’t protected, and neither is transsexualism, but instead this gender identity concept.
A similar thing results in other laws/legal changes where transsexuals are just erased from the legislation. It’s unclear what impacts that will have in the real world, but it’s concerning nonetheless. The most recent efforts to change the icd have completely removed transsexualism, and if it’s read literally, I’d lose access to healthcare.
As for my conservative views, I do not think they are intrinsic nor a part of my upbringing. I actually grew up with liberal views on social topics and have slowly become more conservative in my adult years. I used to be ambivalent and lean pro-choice on abortion, whereas as an adult I educated myself on the topic and came to the conclusion that pro-life is the proper way to go.
If we’re to do a deep dive into psychology and political philosophy, I don’t think my underlying values have changed (I still support freedom, life, etc). But rather my views on the best way to approach that have changed.
Cool.
I don’t agree in the slightest with anything you said. I didn’t ask as a means of debate, however, so I will refrain from any sort of counter-argument.
But I think the last part of what you said elucidates a lot. I think underlining that your values stayed the same, but your interpretations of how to best uphold those values being the part that changed gives some insight into the compatibility of your ethos. That’s a very helpful for understanding others.
Thank you for answering truthfully and in good faith.
Yup no worries. I don’t mean to start a debate. You were just curious about my views so I shared them :).
I’m really hoping the fediverse can be a place where we can discuss, and politely disagree, without being at each other’s throats. On other sites like reddit and twitter it feels like everything has to be super hostile or echochamber. I think it’d be nice if we could just chat and get some mutual understanding going on.
There’s definitely room for debate communities/magazines but yeah here isn’t the place I think.
Just curious, why are you assuming they are American?
I am not assuming they’re American. I’m assuming they support American Conservative policy in reference to the instance that is primarily about American Conservatism being discussed. Which is how I asked the question.
I haven’t the foggiest clue where this person is from or where they currently live.
Why does the “lgbtq” make you think that?
The “q” in lgbtq often refers to the q slur, and it’s a newer acronym largely used by progressives. conservative lgbt people either stick with the classic lgbt, or in recent years have started using lgb as a way of distancing themselves from the transgender movement.
Not saying it’s impossible for conservatives to use lgbtq, but it’s rare IMO (speaking as someone on the conservative side in the lgbt community).
I’ve got mine so fuck you mentality… I’m a straight male but I support the shit out of everyone as long as they aren’t shitting on people and distancing yourself from our Trans brothers and sister is awful and you know it… we are all people in the end and we need love and support…
You say “you support the shit out of everyone” except that’s logically and literally impossible. There are groups with conflicting and contradictory worldviews, and to support one is to reject the other.
I’m not distancing myself from trans people. I am trans. I’m distancing myself from the transgender movement, which is mostly not made up of transsexuals.
I do not and cannot support the transgender movement because their foundational worldview is that transsexuals like myself do not exist. And until they yield on that topic, I cannot support them without denying my own existence.
I try to love and support everyone, but that means disagreeing with harmful pseudoscientific ideologies like the transgender movement. It means distancing myself from lgbtq progressives. Because those ideologies and worldviews are harmful to trans people.
Yeah I think I miss read your comment as saying you wanted it lgb… my bad I assumed something and didn’t fully read what ya said…my comment is deleted somehow wish it was still up anyhoo I’m super confused on the nuance on this because ive never heard any transgender or transsexual person in my life not support the other or say they dont exist but Ive only had a handful in my life at different times so you probably know more about the community… just be supportive and accepting and your alright in my book… and honestly Ive never once heard what you are saying come out of any transgender or transsexual friends mouths your the first Ive heard of it… very confused on why someone would say you don’t exist cause you do
Well I’m pretty careful when I use the acronym. Personally I consider myself, and support “LGBT”. There’s an “LGB” movement that I find myself aligned with, albeit disagreeing with. Then there are the people who use “LGBTQ” or “LGBTQIA” and other such things, and I find myself opposed to them.
ive never heard any transgender or transsexual person in my life not support the other or say they dont exist but Ive only had a handful in my life at different times so you probably know more about the community… just be supportive and accepting and your alright in my book.
Yes, it’s unfortunately the case that on this topic there’s a few different worldviews/beliefs and they contradict each other, which leads to a lot of hostility and upset feelings in both directions. I agree that we should try to be kind, understanding, and supportive. But to do that means I need to disagree with some worldviews that may end up hurting some people’s feelings.
nd honestly Ive never once heard what you are saying come out of any transgender or transsexual friends mouths your the first Ive heard of it… very confused on why someone would say you don’t exist cause you do
The issue is because many people with transvestism conditions identify themselves as “transgender” and hold the belief that they have a “gender identity” that differs from their natal sex. In many cases they argue that this is due to having an oppositely sexed brain. The problem is that that view is simply untrue. There are sexed brains, and there are people with oppositely sexed brains, but that condition is transsexualism, not transvestism. And so these transgender/transvestite people try to argue it applies to them, and then deny that people outside of their situation (namely transsexuals) exist.
One of their big ideas involves “gender dysphoria”. They believe that gender dysphoria arises due to the sex of the brain differing from the sex of the body, and thus dysphoria results. However, transsexuals like myself prove this to be untrue; as we do not experience “gender dysphoria” (or any other transvestism symptom) at any point.
Due to this, these people often start saying I’m “not actually trans” or that I’m “being a bigot” or that I “actually do have such symptoms and am lying/mistaken” and so on. a very hostile response.
I’d really like there to be some mutual understanding and arrival of views, but I don’t think it’s likely the way things are going…
I have no idea what you think “transgender” and “transsexual” mean, but I can almost guarantee it’s not what other people mean when they say those things.
When I say transsexual I refer to people with the medical condition transsexualism that’s been known and studied for over 100 years now.
When I say “transgender” I refer to those people who “identify as transgender”. It appears to be a political movement, and not one I agree with.
There’s a great effort by the transgender community and transvestites as a whole to appropriate transsexualism and deny transsexuals exist, as I mentioned in my previous post. Naturally my usage of the word transsexual will differ from theirs, because they are literally trying to deny transsexuals exist.
Yep, what I said then.
This is a good example of why people who identify as conservative shouldn’t be trying to moderate LGBTQ+ spaces, even if they identify somewhere in that spectrum themselves. Conservatism at its heart is fundamentally focused on determining how other people do not belong to your “in” group and do not deserve the same privileges and rights as you do. Put more famously, “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
You’re not quite doing it here with your really badly couched transmedicalist take and your skirting around actually saying what you mean, but we all know what you mean so I’m not sure why you’re being so coy about it.
I think you’re mistaken.
why not q?
As I said, the q often refers to the slur, which many more conservative minded lgbt people are opposed to. in practice, the use of the acronym just ends up kinda being correlated with particular mindsets/views.
It’s not a hard rule or anything just a general tendency I see.
I find this really interesting, if I may ask (in good faith), what makes you a conservative yet LGBTQ+ person? Are you in the U.S.? If not that may explain why you’re conservative in the first place. I’m really curious.
I don’t identify with lgbtq, and view it as antagonistic towards transsexuals. I’m transsexual (medically/biologically) so I fall under lgbt by default lol.
As for conservatism, I’ve slowly been moving towards conservative views due to various arguments, observations, etc. that I found convincing. For instance I am pro-life, pro-gun, etc.
I am indeed in the US, here in California (a red/conservative part of it though). Having the conservative views I do I end up a bit frustrated, since a lot of the republican party just pushes capitalist/corporate policies, and doesn’t really focus on the conservative things I find important.
Apologies, I would have the Idea it’s not being straight since gender and sex don’t match (most the time, there are operations and what not) so i’d thought that’d fall under the LGBTQ category, so please don’t take offense
You’re 100% right with that 3rd paragraph, conservatives do tend to push stupid laws and shit, especially those that target LGBTQ, but also shit like Hunter Biden and Hillary a while ago. While I agree those are issues, they’re in attempt to cover up other issues bigger issues to get away with it (Ex. Trump)
I don’t mean for this to get off track, just another thing I find interesting, you said you were pro-life, do you think that should mean throughout their whole life? How do you feel conservatives are handling pro-life beliefs? Because a lot of the GOP are preventing or taking way things like free school lunches, healthcare, or safe living environment for the child.
I understand why some are pro-life and that everyone should live a great life, but i don’t think they stick to it’s true purpose if they take the “great” part away. I am personally pro choice, because there is scientific evidence babies don’t even have a conscious till a certain amount of weeks, and it’s as if a pregnancy never was going to happen in the first place.
Not only that but some people aren’t ready for a child, aren’t prepared to give it love they need, adoption centers (from what I have seen) rarley have children that are adopted and are packed. Not only that but many health complications can occur during pregnancy, and sometimes it resorts to abortion. Schools aren’t even safe for children.
We’re not pro-abortion trying to kill off babies for the thrill, rather we feel families should have a choice in what’s best for them or even their child. What’s the point of having the child if you can’t give it the love and care they need? It may sound sick to say but sometimes it’s more humane if it didn’t have to live in this world.
Apologies, I would have the Idea it’s not being straight since gender and sex don’t match (most the time, there are operations and what not) so i’d thought that’d fall under the LGBTQ category, so please don’t take offense
My issue wasn’t so much the implication of it being “not straight” but of the LGBTQ label as opposed to LGBT. and no worries, no offense taken at all :) sorry if my comment came across as harsh. Whether transsexuals count as our own sexuality/orientation or as “straight” I suppose is just a linguistic debate lol.
You’re 100% right with that 3rd paragraph, conservatives do tend to push stupid laws and shit, especially those that target LGBTQ, but also shit like Hunter Biden and Hillary a while ago. While I agree those are issues, they’re in attempt to cover up other issues bigger issues to get away with it (Ex. Trump)
Agreed. I can’t say I’m fond at all of the republican party, even though I have conservative views.
just another thing I find interesting, you said you were pro-life, do you think that should mean throughout their whole life? How do you feel conservatives are handling pro-life beliefs? Because a lot of the GOP are preventing or taking way things like free school lunches, healthcare, or safe living environment for the child.
So this is an instance I was referring to about how I feel the GOP isn’t exactly pushing conservative values. I’m pro-life in every sense of the word. I support providing healthcare and that sort of thing. The “Jesus” approach so to speak. Help the needy, heal the sick, feed the hungry. It also means that I’m anti-war, against the death penalty, etc. I also support veganism. Not exactly a typical R/GOP type lol, but my family are closer to the “old left/liberal” type and I still have a lot of my way of thinking in that regard. I saw a comic once that suggested the “old left” ends up looking a lot like conservatives nowadays lol. I think it’s fitting.
I am personally pro choice, because there is scientific evidence babies don’t even have a conscious till a certain amount of weeks, and it’s as if a pregnancy never was going to happen in the first place.
I won’t start a debate here, but I will say I do understand the pro-choice viewpoint (as I was previously pro-choice). I think a lot of the concerns come down to niche cases (which I’m okay granting) and the issue of financial stability and support, which I feel are resolved through left-wing economics.
So I end up with some weird/uncommon views like the idea that we should pay women to leave the workforce and be mothers, and should give financial aid to families. Democrats dislike it because it pushes old gender roles, Republicans dislike it because it’s a form of welfare or wealth redistribution.
Interesting point
beehaws LGBTQ+ community seems pretty good if anyone is looking for an alternative
I agree, it’s great :)
Is the right way to link federated magazines just @conservative?
Ignoring the whole… thing… is this something kbin has the ability to prevent? Is first-come-first-serve moderation baked into the platform, or do we have a way to democratize/decentralize moderating, recall moderators, etc.
Or do we just have to accept the inevitability of mediocre power mods?
The only way for owner of a magazine to step down, currently, is to elect someone else as co-mod and then leave. Users on any platform could always sub and post to other instances and leave the powermod holding his dick, but this kind of thing may need to be addressed in the future.
Not sure whether voting people in/out of mod powers is the way to go, as it leaves good mods hyper susceptible to takeover brigading. At the very least, some hard limits need to be the norm. Maybe restrict it to 10-12?? No one should need to mod 30 different things on any instance.
