• Atemu
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    44 months ago

    Right now, it’s definitely a good thing it’s not popular. We are not in any way shape or form ready for the spam that popular platforms receive.

    • @LavenderDay3544
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      24 months ago

      Yeah I don’t want it to become a cesspit like Reddit, Facebook, and Xitter.

      • Atemu
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        14 months ago

        You’d typically think the abuse that happens on a higher level than dumb spam which those platforms succumb to would be even worse, but I feel we’re somehow in a slightly better position to regulate that on Lemmy because of the delegation of moderation to users rather than instance admins.

        We “just” need a relatively small amount of the “right” people to effectively counter that.

        • @LavenderDay3544
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          14 months ago

          The problem is that who and what you consider to be right is extremely subjective.

          • Atemu
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            14 months ago

            Their success is relatively easy to measure objectively by their effectiveness at protecting communities from i.e. subtle trolls or troll enablers.

            Though one’s opinion on topics can influence the ability to spot such scum in the moment, the “right” people/a good moderator will know how to do that despite their topical (dis)agreements.