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Who to ban and who to not (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by fxomt@lemm.ee to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
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Edit: I've gone and done it. This won't be a common occurrence but I think it is necessary for some users. Hopefully this won't bite me in the ass lmao. Thanks for helping everyone!

Hey everyone. On privacy I generally recognize a lot of people, most are good. But occasionally I encounter someone who I've seen say horrible shit. This is about one:

Mainly they've said some incredibly racist shit, including about my race >:(. Of course I'd ban them, but they said all of this outside the community. I feel it's odd to ban people I don't like for their behavior outside the community.

I've gone pretty lax modding, only banning if you said really shitty stuff only on my community. But I don't want to build a community filled with these types of people.

I also don't want the community to have a bad reputation of banning people I don't like but this guys a known racist.

I'm feeling very conflicted, can anyone help?

PS: the things he said was about Arabs being murderers and rapists. And some racism to Slavs too

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[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, I do that too. But what if they say this stuff is said outside the community, not inside? This is kind of where it gets muddy for me.

Theyve said this type of stuff multiple times, but I feel like I have to set standards for myself.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Imo, not your community, not your problem. The second they do it in your community, then deal with it as you see fit. You're only responsible for moderating your community.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I think I'll just let them be at this point. I'll try to report to the instance admins but I'll leave them be eitherway.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well said!

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe draw a line between what is bannable inside versus outside?

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

I think I'll just ban him and get it over with. Hopefully thisll never happen again. (Hopefully this won't have side effects either :()