Hello all,
This community will be removed from the instance in the near future because it is unmoderated, does not align with the instance’s focus, and frequently introduces political content into the local feed, which is contrary to the instance’s goal of minimizing political content.
Alternative versions of aboringdystopia are available on other instances:
I would prefer locking the community to avoid losing visibility of the posts, but unfortunately locking a community is not an available feature.
I’m with this instance for as long as you keep it running. I think you take a good approach.
I think it’s fine to give communities a chance. If it was moderated I might even advocate giving the community a warning. There are ways this community could have been both science and politics even with the boring dystopia theme - a tough intersection, but we have other niche communities. The way submitters didn’t played by the rules, and no one was putting an effort into moderating it, so it’s left mander’s scope. I like that you generally take a lenient approach – I think that’s important for building communities. It’s also important to have and enforce some structure that actually maintains the larger community of the instance.
I think you handled it well.