Hi there.

A short introduction: This is an alt account. I’m a moderator here who has been unhappy with the state of news/political discussions here for a long time. The admins have kindly given me the opportunity to see if we can make some improvement the community here.

We will be doing some major revision of the rules left by the previous moderators and will use discussions in this thread as feedback on the direction we should take our community.

This will be an open discussion on the state of our community, the rules and our moderation practices. Feel free to give your inputs.

My goal is to foster thoughtful discussion in our community, and not let this place be a replica of r/politics.

First order of business, immediate rule change.

On !politics@lemmy.world, effectively immediately, we will no longer restrict political discussion to the politics of the United States of America. Discussion regarding of the state of politics from around the world is now welcome.

I will leave this pinned for 1-2 weeks for our team to take feedback and make our proposals then.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    11 months ago

    When I say curate, I’m being very generous. I’m saying delete comments that they don’t agree with or want seen.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
      4·
      11 months ago

      I can’t speak for the other mods or admins, but the only comments I find delete worthy are a) reported by other users and b) break communuty or site rules.

      First, my time is valuable and I’m not going to scroll through comments looking for stuff to delete, I have better things to do.

      Second, when stuff does get reported, waaaayyy too often it’s two users engaged in a slap fight and doing the whole “imma report you!” “no, imma report you first” thing.

      If it doesn’t break the rules? I leave it alone. If it does? Maybe everyone needs a time out to cool off.

      Moderation is probably 1/2 keeping things on track by deleting obvious spam and abuse and 1/2 telling the kids to settle down and go to their room.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        11 months ago

        I get it and that’s why I think you’re doing a good job. Not a fan of modding in general and I have mad respect for those who do it well. I am not thrilled with the Lemmy World admins.

        • Stamets@lemmy.world
          2·
          11 months ago

          You have not voiced a single valid complaint about the admins. You keep whining about things you think are happening or have made up.

          You’re the problem.