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Opinions wanted! (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 month ago by mrmanager@lemmy.today to c/lemmytoday@lemmy.today

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Hi guys,

I wanted to ask you about our local communities here. I feel like a lot of them are not really active, and the most active one (like Conservative) has mostly locked posts, so people cant participate in discussions.

I wanted to get some input from you guys, what do you think? Should we have communities with locked posts so people cant comment? Does it still serve a purpose? Or should communities always allow discussions? My own opinion is that they should.

And should we clean up communities and remove inactive ones, making more room for local discussions?

The reason I started thinking about this is because I noticed that some other instances remove posts that are completely legal to discuss. They are just removed because admins/moderators dont like their content. Which is exactly like on reddit then.

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[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I'm just noticing this post today.

I started unlocking posts today in my main community. I started locking because right after the Kirk killing, people on Lemmy were celebrating and tensions were high. The bloodlust was crazy! Most of the "discussions" on the posts in that community were basically people accusing me of being a Nazi, talking about Nazi bars, this instance being a nazi instance, etc.

It's legit just links to news articles that be posted, but somehow how every just assumes I'm a Nazi, even tho I have nothing to do with the creation of the articles.

As of right now tho, no more locking, unless they start getting bloodlusty again. It was never a matter of me not being being able to handle the critical comments, it was a matter of trying to cut back on the hate the admin and this instance gets because of me.

But I think by now most of the really hateful people have blocked me anyway, so maybe that will cut back on the reports too? :)

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thank you!

Lets see how it goes. I dont think the posts are full of hate. Just glancing over it a bit:

Trump promises $2,000 check for every American thanks to tariff revenue he's collected
Ghislaine Maxwell gleefully boasts that she's happier than ever in low-level prison: 'It's like Alice in Wonderland!'
The Concept of Republicanism in Early American Politics
Trump wants to see his name on DC’s new NFL stadium and has lobbied the team owner to make it happen: report
CEO boasts his booming firm that 'powers ICE' is the first 'completely anti-woke' company

I understand some people dont like conservative politics, or like Trump, or republicans... but I think lemmy should be a platform to discuss things, including politics, if you want to.

People who dont like the content should not join the community. Its like me walking into a bar and telling people they shouldnt drink alcohol. Even though I dont drink myself.

Anyway, lets see how it goes...

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sorry I mispoke; I meant that the hate was coming from the comments in the threads under the articles, and was reverting to name calling, so I was locking everything. But everything seems to have calmed down now, so I don't see any reason to lock.

The great thing about how you admin is that you always stay on top of things and investigate stuff for yourself, make a decision, and not take stuff at face value or just fall into the pressure of appeasing people just to avoid drama.

So I appreciate you and the hard work you do!

Modding is crazy enough; being admin probably sucks way more! lol

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its not too bad on this instance since we are small. :)

But yeah, I want the instance to be a place for people who want to see the full fediverse and who doesnt need / want the instance owner to block other instances for them.

I rather would like users to block instances they dont want to see content from, or unsubscribe from content they dont want (by default they are unsubscribed to everything).

This attitude seems to be rare in the Lemmy fediverse.....

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Agreed! Individual users have so many tools to block people/places that they don't wanna see. I have no idea why some choose to visit places they hate, then complain that their instances hasn't defed'd from someone. If I don't like somewhere, I don't go here. If I keep coming across it and it annoys me enough, I just block it. Boom! Gone

The whole idea of Lemmy, that made me support it in the first place, is that it was designed with the goal of no one controling what you see or do. So I don't understand all the users complaining to their instance admins about who should be banned from Lemmy for life or whatever. Just block, and move on. We have built in tools just for that.

That's the whole point of Lemmy in my opinion: no one controls you.