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I try to avoid that place, it has a lot of toxic people there and most of the ones there are just upset about being banned, they don't care that it's actually for a good reason or not, they just want to be unbanned so they can do whatever they want. My comment about the reasons largely fall on deaf ears. And also since many of the people there are the people who have been brigading even if they know and understand they will double down because it's in their interest too.
Also by the way I saw your comment there and just want to clarify that I go by Ze/Zir pronouns I don't go by she/her, I tolerate it sometimes but being called by she/her gives me mild dysphoria and ickyness, so I'd prefer not to be.
Fair, and I am trying to edit my posts. Please lemme know if I missed any!
Will do 👍
Thank you!! I'm still learning neopronouns and proper use of them. :3
Just a random thought, its a shame flairs aren't better implemented (and available lemmy-wide) so they could be used for preferred pronouns, that would be great.
Sorry pretty far OT, just thinking that would make communication here even easier
Yeah it would be nice. Display names work well enough, but it would be better to have flairs since they can be more noticeable.
Smart. YPTB seema to be flooded with the same kind of morons who think they should be able to say whatever they want without repercussions. I'm blocking it myself after making this comment.
I think it's a good idea to be able to call out bad moderation practices but I think that bellyaching and free speech entitlement needs to be culled way more aggressively to make it actually work, otherwise it'll just be filled with the worst people all the time complaining that they got banned, even though it was for more than good reasons.
It cannot be neutral, it has to have some level of bias to balance out the natural bias of moderation disproportionately affecting those who really deserve it, otherwise it'll be a majority of people who really deserve it commenting and shit-talking there, and they'll talk over a lot of the real issues and make them harder to discuss, or worse seem less credible.
I used to be head mod of a 1M+ subreddit some years ago. Believe me - I get it.
We mitigate all we can, but there will always be sore losers in public forums. YPTB was probably made with good intentions, calling out obvious tankie bullshit and the like, but it's just turned into cesspool.