We receive a lot of reports from this community, and we get the impression that the current rules and moderation capabilities aren’t sufficient for a community like this. While things are quieter right now, during periods of activity this community tends to cause unnecessary strain on the lemmy.ca admin team.

Having additional moderators could help with this, as well as having a more comprehensive set of rules. That way, the community’s mod team can go through the queue more quickly and also take action on users that abuse the reports.

For the sake of a productive discussion, please limit comments in this thread to discussions on how to improve this community, without directly pointing to specific users or situations. Ideally, this will also help to develop better rules (think ‘veil of ignorance’).

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
    13·
    1 year ago

    I really appreciate and respect that you’re making this post . IDK what to provide as feedback except to say I hope that this community continues

    • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Very much agree with this. Why does such a community exist? To talk shit instead of choosing to ignore others or working on addressing the conflict if you feel you can’t let go.

      Communities like this drive harassment because when there is a popular post against someone, some people assume it must be accurate or valid and pile on. It’s incredibly unwelcoming.

      There is a difference between “gotcha, I am very smart” and “this is harmful content/a person that harms the community - be wary”.

      Edit: LMAO exactly this kind of shit: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/50173159

      People are still talking about vtc for whatever reason, it makes sense Hamid’s going to hear about it (people have community outside of lemmy??? Weird right?). I’d probably try and rile them up too. It’s really wild.

        • Kierunkowy74@piefed.socialEnglish
          71·
          1 year ago

          When I am going to watch a film, I go to a cinema, buy a ticket and a bucket of popcorn. I don’t stir a movie - the director, actors and other people already have done it for my enjoyment.

          One does not stir a drama using popcorn. One brings it when the drama already happened, made by drama perpetrators and participants. We (FediLore participants) are meant not do make drama, but rather to watch it develop.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    If you look at the posts from a year or more ago, it’s clear this community has toxified significantly since then. It’s lost it’s way.

  • mrbn@lemmy.ca
    2·
    1 year ago

    Are you able to categorise the reports in any way? It could help with defining rules for the community.

    • Otter@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      A lot of the reports are from people who are arguing in the thread, and then reporting the comments of the other person. Some are related to previous issues outside the thread/community, often related to things that I don’t have the context of. The reports rarely relate to the community rules, despite a lot of the content in this community clearly violating the rules in this community’s sidebar.