Submitted 2 years ago by pingveno@lemmy.ml to coronavirus@lemmy.ml
Yesterday there was a conversation that contained several blatantly anti-vax comments. I had previously included in the community description a rule against anti-vax posts and comments, but I was not enforcing it well. I will be enforcing that rule going forward. I have also included a new rule against personal attacks.
If anti-vaxxers wish to have a discussion, they are free to create their own community. This community is not a home for that sentiment.
There are many, many legitimate discussion topics around the pandemic. What measures are effective? How should governments proceed? I'm even fine with discussions that are not so flattering to vaccines or pharmaceutical companies. But that thread yesterday really crossed the line in terms of the fire hose of misinformation. While in theory misinformation can be countered by rebuttal, in practice it takes so little effort to make a false claim in relationship to making a rebuttal that antivaxxers can just exhaust their opponents. It also tends to derail more worthwhile conversations.
Fair enough. I have created https://lemmy.ml/c/antivax to combat misinformation generated by big pharma. People can post anti VAX stuff there.
@truthsocial lol WTF is that username, named after the far right Mastodon ripoff
It can't be far right it's not even launched yet lol
lemmy.ml is on big pharma's side. If you're far right use wolfballs.com but otherwise maybe just try using a less biased instance, or pop into this Lotide instance narwhal.city
lemmy.ml is on big pharma’s side.
Be careful what you say or you say. Don't want you to get disappeared Mao style.
gracias loco, los antivacunas me traen del asco
abbenm@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Thanks. That is a good policy, and you're doing a good job as a mod.
I guess for me the takeaway is, it's always going to be a game of whack-a-mole and it's always going to be a question of whether you have good mods. Other servers are just not going to have them all the time, so we're really depending on lemmy.ml to federate and defederate in a thoughtful way. So far, so good though.
Whom@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
lemmy.ml as a server doesn't seem interested in moderating this kind of thing. Seems like it's up to mods like @pingveno@lemmy.ml here.
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
Wow that was an awesome thread. Back and forths of ideas is exactly what makes the internet so great.
pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
I'm okay with the instance rules being a lot looser, then delegating further restrictions to individual communities. I just don't want /c/coronavirus to become yet another hub for misinformation spread. These sorts of conversations have been largely played out already elsewhere.
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
It's not a good policy, but to each their own. Such policies will only hinder, stifle and cap your growth. As awareness for these softwares grows and people start running less biased instances, yours will be left in the dust.
pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Actually, I need some help modding. I'm keeping an eye out for a couple of people, but I'm not sure who is 1) trustworthy and 2) interested.