Good post. This sums up quite a lot of my feelings on the matter. @Frank@hexbear.net's posts on this strugglesesh have been truly excellent (and far far more eloquent than mine but ty for including me anyway lol)
Its clear there needs to be some shakeup in the moderation. Everything about that post not neutrally discussing policy changes was simply unacceptable in my opinion and accountability not being taken would be a grim portent for the future of this site. Which would suck because this is by farrrrr one of the best trans spaces on the net. Maybe this stems from the fact that we were fundamentally always a reddit clone, and a similar moderation system will inevitably attract types similar to reddit mods, and I dont really know what is to be done ab that. We do have some great mods and admins and im sure that the mods behind that post are well intentioned for the most part. Moderation is not easy. Bring constantly exposed to the worst users is not easy. The site wouldnt run without the hard work of a lot of comrades devotong their time and energy. But whoever contributed to that post needs to get over themselves, own up, and do some self crit. This cliquish, smug superiority needs to end because if its allowed to continue the site is going to end up like every other dead leftist forum
Good post. This sums up quite a lot of my feelings on the matter. @Frank@hexbear.net's posts on this strugglesesh have been truly excellent (and far far more eloquent than mine but ty for including me anyway lol)
Its clear there needs to be some shakeup in the moderation. Everything about that post not neutrally discussing policy changes was simply unacceptable in my opinion and accountability not being taken would be a grim portent for the future of this site. Which would suck because this is by farrrrr one of the best trans spaces on the net. Maybe this stems from the fact that we were fundamentally always a reddit clone, and a similar moderation system will inevitably attract types similar to reddit mods, and I dont really know what is to be done ab that. We do have some great mods and admins and im sure that the mods behind that post are well intentioned for the most part. Moderation is not easy. Bring constantly exposed to the worst users is not easy. The site wouldnt run without the hard work of a lot of comrades devotong their time and energy. But whoever contributed to that post needs to get over themselves, own up, and do some self crit. This cliquish, smug superiority needs to end because if its allowed to continue the site is going to end up like every other dead leftist forum
No half measures waltuh