The prominent user who left recently made me realize that while this place is a lot less full of bigotry than reddit, that is a low fucking bar.
What are concrete steps users and mods can take to make this a more welcoming space? I'm assuming the majority of the bigotry is coming from inside the house, bar the occasional raid.
Banning shitstains is good and all, but that is only a part of community management. How do we proactively create a better user culture here? How do we better establish norms of behavior?
I think it is important realize that you can call someone out for being shitty while not being a complete dick yourself. Just point out what you think is shitty about what they said. And if they respond positively and are open to changing their behaviour, that's the best possible outcome. If they refuse to listen then yeah, they're problematic and fuck em