• graphito@sopuli.xyzM
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s my duty as a moderator. If you don’t agree with it, welcome to my or admin’s DM. Subsequent comments on the topic will be deleted.

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      I agree that moderators have an important job, and I appreciate the effort you put into it, but is

      Subsequent comments on the topic will be deleted.

      really necessary? I can’t see how it hurt to let them explain themselves in the comment section where everyone can see.

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        In my opinion, random meme is not an appropriate place to discuss moderation in general – it’s unwieldy to have such things plastered all over the community/instance

        Additionally, public discussions invite way too many responses on whole array of topics besides issue at hand

        Lastly, public debate in text can easily be misrepresented, taken out of context, blown out of proportion etc etc

        However this all is only my opinion, given good reasoning, anything could be reconsidered

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          I definitely see your point, but at the same time, isn’t public debate in text the best tool we have here for an open discussion?

          Regardless, I can understand, and respect, that you don’t want to spend time on public discussions about moderation. As “some mod somewhere” once said: If you don’t like how it’s being done, become a mod yourself. I can respect that.

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            What you are advocating for is laudable, but it is not reality because it assumes good faith actors. Open dialogue and free speech is often just a cudgel for those who are trying to cause problems.

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            isn’t public debate in text the best tool we have here for an open discussion?

            I want to believe this is true but such “best tool” requires substantial amount of resources to enact and maintain. And even then we might simply receive bad rep for overinvolvement

            From a user standpoint, I think anyone interested in higher quality moderation should either try !humor@beehaw.org or indeed involve oneself in moderation of this community