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?

        • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
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          8 months ago

          Have you have heard of judo? Just because someone throws a punch at you doesn’t mean you have to take it to money maker.

          You routinely accuse me of “more insults, no discussion”, but like…an insult doesn’t preclude discussion unless you don’t want to have a discussion in the first place. There’s literally no reason you can’t have a responded to my previous comments differently, asking me wtf I’m talking about.

          Also, if saying you’re not catchin’ what I’m throwin’ is an insult…oof!..talk about being weak and effiminate. <–That’s an insult

          Lot’s of throwing metaphors! Catch something, dude. If you want to discuss, then discuss. If you don’t want to discuss, then keep saying “more insults, no discussion”. It’s up to you.