Comment on Lemmy moderation is frustrating as hell

cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• V17@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think that's willfully distorting the situation. Punching down should refer to jokes that seem to be or obviously are made with malicious intent, it's not about certain groups being protected from humor altogether, that's infantilizing. From OP said and posted somewhere in this thread I don't think their jokes were in any way malicious.

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  • Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I just want to chime in and agree.

    Treating any demographic like they’re too fragile to hear a clean joke (not hateful or malicious) is insulting in its own way.

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• balderdash9@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Maybe that’s what’s happening. I just don’t know where the line is anymore. Feel like I have to stick to “I can’t function without my coffee” type memes.

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  • Rottcodd@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Or you could just not care so much.

    If you post memes that are likely to offend someone somewhere, then there's a risk that one of those someones is going to be a mod, and they're going to delete it. And really, that's just the way it goes.

    Certainly you might prefer that they have explicit, precise and closely followed rules so you can accurately predict what they'll do, but there's really no requirement that they do so - if they want vague rules arbitrarily enforced, that's their prerogative.

    And really, what are you out if they do delete a post? It's not like you paid for it or you have some sort of quota you have to meet. You just toss things out into the internet, and some of them float and others sink.

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    • balderdash9@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Reading this comment, I think you may be right. It’s just outside my control. It is frustrating to spend time editing images and trying to create something funny only for it to be taken down. But maybe there’s a lesson to be learned here in not letting it bother me so much.

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      • skeezix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The lesson to be learned here is that Lemmy mods are fickle, unpredictable and prejudiced just like Reddit mods. It’s a rare mod that can moderate objectively and consistently. In a way, mods tend to moderate their own values above and beyond the community’s needs. Lemmy.ml mods have a strong reputation for being skunks. Take that time you are putting into meme making and spin up an instance. Call it LemmyMemeWorld. Then post to your hearts content.

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The image is still ok your device, no? Try another community.

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    • Illuminostro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “But… then I’d have to go outside to get attention…”

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• treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We should let the vote system handle unfunny or mean-spirited memes. Moderation should be light handed, IMO.

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    not referring to this specific case, specific user, or specific instance — but that policy is exactly how you get an instance full of porn, white supremacy, homohobia, transphobia and general chuddery

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    • treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s really not that hard to distinguish outright hate from a shitty joke. It’s also fairly easy to address things with the community if they get out of hand.

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