derekabutton@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Some thoughts I have which oppose your argument:
- A mod can only be expected to be responsible for their own community. It is not reasonable to expect them to know the rules of other communities to know a post applies.
- Some posts do not have an applicable community. The posts may not have a general place to be sent to.
- There is no tool I am aware of to allow mods to send posts elsewhere without simply posting from their own account. I’m not sure that the use case here would justify the work needed to create that tool.
- Removes posts have been determined to be problematic by nature of being deemed to need removal. Is incorrect posting not a problem?
- When a mod removes a post, they would presumably tell you the rule which was broken. You may be able to adjust the post accordingly and resubmit.
- Bigger is not necessarily better, and Lemmy may not need a growth advantage. Being hard to use keeps out much of the general population, which I’ve seen suggested as a benefit more than a hindrance.
Comment105@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I feel like there’s a bit of a misunderstanding here.
When I say a “general” community, I mean one that accepts literally any submission category from politics and rants to random images and screenshots and video links about any topic. Likely with only basic limitations like NSFW and hate speech.
I’ll also add I very strongly disagree with point 6. I really dislike that kind of opposition towards growing Lemmy. Prioritizing principles over growth? Sure. But being actively in opposition to accepting normies and coming into a mainstream position as the new way to do forums on the internet is, I believe, fundamentally also in opposition to the whole purpose of the project. Lemmy has no point if it is not to replace the structure of Reddit, whether it be Lemmy itself or a prototype for a bigger and better successor to bring some good future permutation of the Fediverse to the forefront.