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How should I moderate this community? How can I do better? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The plain and simple of it is that I'm not a good moderator. I have no idea what I'm doing. I wanted a community where people could post conservative stuff without it getting overwhelmed by lefty stuff, and then you could have discussions/arguments in the comment section. Bring to light stories that wouldn't normally be seen on lemmy. Since that didn't exist on lemmy, I had to do it myself.

Right now, there's a lot of toxicity, some straight up telling people to kill themselves. My whole moderation policy was basically "So long as it isn't a straight up slur, you could comment it".

You'd think it'd be simple, just ban those who do that. Well, what about those who defend baby murder? I know lefties genuinely believe it isn't, but I do. How do you tell what is horrible shit, when lefties act like horror movie monsters?

What about those who I'm like 90% sure are arguing in bad faith? I want to encourage discussions and arguments, and if I'm wrong, what then?

Me doing keyword-based moderating was a bad idea, but I am at a loss of how to do better, without breaking what this sub was supposed to be about.

I need ideas.

How should I moderate this community?

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I disagree with the whole "A conservative community will always, innately, be like this."

I was on /r/conservative for a long time, and they didn't have these problems. Or maybe they did, and the mods were just removing them before most saw them.

But maybe going forward, Ill be less lenient about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was on /r/conservative for a long time, and they didn’t have these problems

That's because /r/conservative effectively bans all political dissent. So there is no real friction, and therefore the ugliness of conservatism stays relatively hidden.

It's incredibly easy to keep things the way you want when it is an echo chamber. But it is at the cost of 'free speech' so to speak. It's either freedom or tyranny.