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?

  • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
    413·
    1 year ago

    Props to you to want to be a better moderator, but a discusdion topic requires the other part to be able to freely express their opinions even if you don’t like them. That would happen in a discussion community called “politics” or “United States politics”,

    A large part of the problem is that communities that reasonably should be neutral are still skewed insanely left due to the platform largely leaning left. So you go to a community called “politics” and it’s nothing but leftists jacking each other off, and then get banned because you dared to criticize them for it.

    • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
      132·
      1 year ago

      So you go to a community called “politics” and it’s nothing but leftists jacking each other off, and then get banned because you dared to criticize them for it.

      Those types of communities are generally leftist because the right cannot compete in a free market of ideas such as the internet. That, and conservatives have a habit of bigotry, hate, and personal attacks that get them banned.

      Don’t expect to stick around in a community with good moderation if you tell people to kill themselves and such.

    • thepreciousboar@lemm.ee
      83·
      1 year ago

      I can agree with that, but you don’t solve the problem by repulsing them and making a right-only community, this polarization will just create two echo chambers where members jack each other off.

    • Historical_General@lemm.ee
      43·
      1 year ago

      That depends on who you call left. If people who call themselves centrists are left to you then that is a bias. I’d say the loudest voices on here are authoritarian liberals. And so a lot of discussion is biased to their favour.