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• rbn@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Isn’t clear and transparent rules a pretty good way to tell users what to expect from a community? I mean, you are free to offer or request help elsewhere if you don’t want to comply to the set of rules. You can even start your own community if you’d like. I think it’s for sure better than individual moderators deciding based on a gut feeling and blocking random posts and users.

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• runblack@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think some of these requirements have a lot to do with bots and trolls. If Lemmy were as popular as Reddit, we’d probably see way more rules like that.

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• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What is stupid about not allowing fresh accounts to do X? As in, that’s just trying to filter spam/bots, that’s something completely normal?

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think that both “Days of Activity” and “Karma” are good selectors if a community needs to meet certain quality standards. It is a barrier that normal users should not even notice, but stops instant-popup-bot accounts from spamming. And, seriously, isn’t it a good idea to have someone get a feel for a community first by participating in discussions before starting a topic oneself?

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• jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think these tools are good for moderators of communities to create a community they want to run. Lemmy needs that to grow the niche communiy.

  In your example, these look like the rules for request for assistance community, begging basically. It’s reasonable that the moderators want to reduce the volume of begging, to people involved in the Reddit community, who have a good standing.

  It would be the same if a local community group, prioritize the needs of their local active members in need, before opening the floodgates to the world.

  There is also a reality, online, that people will automate request for free money, and basically spam until they get negative money. So without those submission requirements, the sub would be flooded to the point where it wouldn’t be useful to anybody to get any assistance.

  So to sum up, we may not like the individual community rules, but the moderators need the tools so that they can moderate and grow the community they want

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• Froyn@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Like standing in a Ford dealership bitching about your Jeep. Sure, folks agree with you but they're also wondering why you're here instead of there.
  Your expectations are too high for a company that has no issues with insider trading or crypto pump/dump schemes.
  That said, you're on Lemmy. Make your own r/Assistance. Blackjack and/or Hookers, your call.

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