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
        31·
        10 months ago

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

          • PizzaMan
            31·
            10 months 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.

                  • PizzaMan
                    31·
                    10 months ago

                    I’m not going to provide an example for something I am not arguing is the case. Your inability to understand what I am arguing is your own fault.