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?
How about start by banning the handful of leftist trolls who are only here to start shit and refuse to have honest discussion at every turn?
Half the problem is my bad-faith-o-meter is broken. Part of me is thinking about getting a second moderator, just for the lefty comments.
Like 90% of it is two fucking people, who you rush to defend every time.
If two people is enough to overwhelm this sub, I can only imagine how bad it would be if this sub got any traction.
It would be a conservatice safe space in no time.
I mean it’s only overwhelming because the only mod constantly fucking comes to wank you off at every turn instead of just dealing with the problem
That is absolutely not how /u/Throwaway treats us. My dick is very much only touched by me and my fiance.