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 don't browse the site super often, and also don't comment too much unless I feel i have something relevant to share. I personally haven't seen any bigoted or ban-worthy comments while browsing (I do see lots of deleted comments, though, so maybe you guys get to them before I even see them). I have seen multiple times people asking for examples though, and the response is always similar to what you are saying. It would be nice to get examples so I can be aware of any blindspots I may personally have and help aid in reporting them if I see similar content.