What mildly infuriates me is the lack of content control in this sub
No, antivaxxers, anti-worker propaganda, climate change and fucking antisemitism aren't "mildly infuriating", this shit is fucking enraging.
Allow antivaxxers to remain so we can treat them as the worthless pieces of crap that they are.
Antivaxxers are literally dangerous, if platformed - I personally and indirectly know people who very nearly accidentally killed themselves with that stupid bullshit - still might, actually. "Here to be contradicted" is a nice, optimistic thought. It doesn't work though: this is not reasoned debate with reasonable people. They are the pigeon on the chessboard.
The only danger they pose is to themselves and the witless.
Having said that, they can be really boring and monotonous. Their arguments are gormless at best, and don't have the intelligence to know when their vacuous arguments have been shot between the water line.
Will they learn anything. Nope. They are immune to intelligence (see what I did there?).
Of course they are. I personally only feel that the only tragedy to an antivaxxer getting run down in a parking lot would be if the driver didn't immediately shift into reverse and repeat the process.
However, the ultimate price we pay to shut these idiots up is too high. If we continue to adress them with the scorn and lack of respect they deserve, they tend to go away on their own.
Next thing you know, youll demand women have control over their own bodies, pft.
What about the rich white men??? Have you ever thought about their needs?!?!?!
Mildly infuriating: calling this place a "sub", which is short for "subreddit". On Lemmy it's a "community".
Hi. Mod here. I am free to discuss this with any users here. If anyone wants to ask me anything you all cam go ahead.
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
European or African swallow?
I don't fucking know
What's your favorite breakfast food?
Cookie Crisp.
Well I’ll ask the obvious question then - can we start removing things that don’t qualify as mild? If so, what has been the issue up to this point: That users aren’t reporting these posts, or that you didn’t want to overstep in your capacity as mod?
I agree with OP. There's a lot of political energy in the comments and maybe a second, more political board, is a good idea.
Apparently there needs to be a "MildlyInfuriatingNonLinuxProblems" too.
Every other post is someone complaining about Microsoft/Apple products. Like Geez I hate them too but shit half of these aren't even real problems, you just want to complain about every little thing.
I know what antiwork is, but what is anti-worker propaganda? the same or something else?
Just from the name I'd say it's the opposite. Antiwork is a community/movement opposed to capitalist exploitation of workers. Anti-worker propaganda is propaganda which is against workers. Saying they're lazy, incompetent, don't deserve increased pay etc.
The great thing about fedi is you can make your own MildlyInfuriating and mod it how you'd like. If enough people feel the same way it will grow.
Best promotion this sub could ever ask for, thanks.
Did you know there's a block button for things you don't like?
So... your suggestion is turning lemmy into an authoritarian regime that censors whatever you or someone might consider "enraging". lemmy.world did that with piracy instances... lol. You're proposing openly banning options/speech that doesn't conform to your view of the world? Like China, Russia, NK and others do? What's the point of an alternative to reddit if you turn it into a system that has the same restrictions and centralized control?
Look I'm not saying I agree with the "political" views of that people you mentioned, what I'm saying is that you can't just censor stuff because it "enrages" you. That would be... turning lemmy into a "safe space" ahaha 😂 😂 😂 😂
Dude. You figuratively just walked into a public library and shouted "HAVE YOU GUYS TRIED MOVIES? THEY ARE WAY BETTER THAN BOOKS!!!"
And then to top it off, when you got shushed, you followed up with "HELP HELP! I'M BEING OPPRESSED!"
It doesn't matter how many people agree that movies are great, it's not the time or the place for that.
I mean, not to rain on your metaphor but they've had movies at my library for like thirty years. They just got a board and video game collection too. I recommend checking out your local libraries again if you haven't done it in a while.
The way I see it, the OP is the one crying about his views being oppressed by opposite views... Why do people go for that, why can't he simply scroll over the posts that offend him? or comment instead of getting all triggered ?
Do you need a shark to go with all that jumping mate ?
I kind of hoped that my reply made it obvious...
It's called reviewing content to stay on topic.
What a fucking donkey
Gotta admit, your reply fits the sub perfectly
god forbid lemmy not be a place that makes people feel like shit, that simply wouldn't do.
Everyone must be as miserable as me at all times
Did someone make a screenshot to post it in this sub yet?
Ooof take your meds bro
Sounds good to me.
We all make choices about the company we keep.
I choose not to hang out in biker bars because for me a motorbike is a form of transport and really not interesting to talk about. I get really bored.
My brother is a bike enthusiast with the tattoos etc and he can go on about bikes....
What never ceases to amaze me is how the same arguments that the "antivaxxers, anti-worker propaganda, climate change and fucking antisemitism" use can be applied to all sides and opinions on those subjects ahah
Damn sounds like you're mildly infuriated by the type of content here.
Zinger!