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?
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.