• Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are you saying that the only possible actions are to allow trolls or defederate? It seems to me that there are also other, better solutions. If their decision was flawed, we should be able to criticize it.

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      1 year ago

      Lemmy seems to be fairly basic and limited currently when it comes to moderation, especially across instances.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t think that’s a realistic solution right now so it makes sense they wouldn’t try to do that. Scrambling to come up with a bunch of custom features using random volunteers is not likely to go well and won’t solve the problem within a suitable timeline. They are definitely talking about what kind of improvements they want and are coordinating with the admins of the other instances so everyone is on the same page. From everything I’ve seen everyone involved is doing the best they can and trying to work towards improving Lemmy. That’s great you can help with dev work, it looks like there’s going to be a whole bunch of things to do so I’d encourage you to check out the Lemmy github and see where you can help out.

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          1 year ago

          they’re literally doing that right now

          are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it???

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            1 year ago

            I’m saying they could have asked for help and let us solve the issue together instead of cutting their users off from the outside world. No other instance had to defederate.

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              1 year ago

              That argument is circular nonsense.

              They couldn’t have realized the full scope of the lack of mod tools until someone made it a problem.

              So your argument seems to be based on Beehaw being at fault for not being able to see the future?

              The fact that other instances aren’t moderated to the same standard means that Beehaw is at fault?

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                1 year ago

                Is it really so hard to get more moderators and ask for help with developing the tools?

                The fact that other instances aren’t moderated to the same standard means that Beehaw is at fault?

                Are you saying all instances should be so obsessed with protecting users from possible harassment as to cut off their communication with the outside world without even asking them first?

                It doesn’t matter now though. The damage they did matters less and less each day as other instances are getting more and more users. But even if they federate again, we should probably never post on their communities in case they do this again in the future.

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          1 year ago

          they’re literally doing that right now

          are they supposed to just sit and let trolls keep coming in while they do it???