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/m/politics has no moderators other than ernest (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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/m/politics is basically unmoderated, and the trolls and other ne'er-do-wells are starting to find it. I'm not even particularly interested in following it, but that's one topic that you don't want to leave unmoderated. It's a troll magnet for obvious reasons, and that starts to affect the rest of the instance (and the fediverse) if there isn't anyone enforcing some sort of decorum.

@ernest I know you're ridiculously busy right now, but could you find a moment to appoint someone to recruit a mod team for /m/politics? I'd be willing to do the recruiting if you don't have any better candidates, but I wouldn't want to remain on as a moderator after that's done.

Alternatively does anyone here actively want the job?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The culture of a community matters, and well kept gardens die by pacifism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for this comment, sincerely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think I just found a lot more to read. That was stunningly written

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@cacheson Haha, quite courageous to link to Yudkowsky and LW without content warning and link here 😄

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there some background that I should be aware of? I don't follow the guy, I just think it's a really solid essay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@cacheson @ernest @24Vindustrialdildo Hm, how to say this... Yes?

It's way to much to get into here, but this Twitter thread paints the dark picture of it (EY was quite central to the more humble and innocent beginnings as a key figure in the rationalist movement): https://nitter.net/xriskology/status/1635313838508883968

Simon DeDeo's Essay is more well-meaning and great, but only tangentially related (https://simondedeo.com/?p=539). Yudkowsky is one of the original gurus of "computerland" philosophy, you could say.