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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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[–] Florn@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I say ban 'em. A reputation for banning racists is a positive reputation.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's what I wanted to do but it seems most have a negative view of this, and obviously if most see a policy they don't like in a community they'll just leave.

To put in perspective this guy said Arabs rape and murder. I myself am an Arab so I am less than happy at that.

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If the majority of people are opposed to racists getting banned, then you've got a bigger problem in your community than just a single racist.

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean here. Tbf opinions are mostly mixed and more in general the idea of someone being banned for behavior outside. I tolerate r lot of people in that community but this guy seems too far.

I also failed to mention what he said and just said he's racist so I'll edit it

[–] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why should it matter if the thing was said outside of the community? If they're a racist, there's a big chance they'll say something racist in your own community at some point. Wouldn't you want to protect your users (especially minorities) from such a possibility? What's the benefit of having a racist shithead in your community? There is no downside to banning them. At some point you have to draw a line in the sand, or else bad actors will take advantage of this.

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

You're probably right. I think I'm just going to ban him.