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?

    • PizzaMan
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      1 year ago

      You can dislike what I’m saying all you want, it doesn’t change the fact that what I say is true.

      Debunking conservative ideas and improving the sub are two different, partially inclusive things.

            • PizzaMan
              31·
              1 year ago

              It’s not disingenuous. I genuinely believe those things to basically be the same thing.

                • PizzaMan
                  31·
                  1 year ago

                  you went from steering people away from this sub to debating conservative ideas.

                  I said this was the same thing.

                  Debunking conservative ideas and improving the sub are two different, partially inclusive things.

                  And this is partially inclusive.

                  You’re not keeping up.