There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It’s only mildly infuriating that someone didn’t make this sooner!

Actually Infuriating

  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
    17·
    15 hours ago

    There is no way this doesn’t turn into an utterly toxic battleground for people to scream at each other about politics lol

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
        7·
        14 hours ago

        Sorry I’m being needlessly negative 😅

        Some unsolicited advice from a very seasoned mod: the ban hammer exists for a reason. Don’t be too prescriptive with your rules and don’t be afraid to ban somebody just because they didn’t explicitly violate a rule. The community comes first. Don’t let a couple of people hold it hostage.

        • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzEnglish
          1·
          5 hours ago

          If people can get away with harming the community without breaking the rules, then just change the rules.

          If you can’t think of any reasonable rules that would ban their behaviour, maybe they aren’t doing anything wrong and it’s just that you personally don’t like it.

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            42 seconds ago

            This is why so many moderators fail.

            Everyone tries to reinvent the wheel over and over again. They get excited about starting a new community, they have very lax rules such as “be nice” and then are worried about banning and/or changing the rules because they don’t want to be perceived as inconsistent, fickle, or otherwise unfair. Then it crumbles or they burn out.

            Prescriptive rules work for communities with narrow missions (askhistorians for example) but then they need to ban and remove content constantly as well (hence their post removal rate and comment graveyards and very large, expert mod team).

            No you need broad rule sets and a mentality of “no one gets to hold this community hostage.”

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          4·
          13 hours ago

          I appreciate it. I have some experience modding here, but not in a community like this, which has the potential to bring our the worst in people! I set rules that should be broad enough to do exactly that. I have high hopes, and it fills a need.