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?

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    1 year ago

    Like 90% of it is two fucking people, who you rush to defend every time.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        1 year ago

        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

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          1 year ago

          That is absolutely not how /u/Throwaway treats us. My dick is very much only touched by me and my fiance.