Bluetreefrog @ Bluetreefrog @lemmy.world

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bloviating

I love this word. TIL it.

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TLDR;

• LW policy perspective --> I agree on balance
• LW enforcing it on all LW communities --> I disagree as it is not necessary, but it's their instance, so....
• Fediverse strength --> Move your community to another instance. I'll susbscribe if you do.

I can see both sides.

On the one hand, history is replete with popular opinions that were later shown to be incorrect. One of the reasons I chose to move to Lemmy was the inherent resistance of the fediverse to the enforcement of a particular narrative, and the inherent potential for respectful discussion and debate. As long as people remain respectful, my inclination is to leave up content that I disagree with. Please note, it has to be respectful, not merely polite.

On the other hand, there's no shortage of evidence that deliberate misinformation remains a threat in online communities. This is why we implemented no astroturfing and no sealioning rules in the larger community I help mod.

Holding these two competing thoughts, I think that points of view that run (edit: contrary) to the current scientific understanding should not be removed provided that the quantity is limited, it's respectful and it's not-harmful. But that's just my perspective, and how we handle it in the communities I mod. The beauty of the fediverse is that I also have no problems with someone setting up a competing community that takes a much less tolerant perspective and has a rule that participation is conditional on agreement to certain perspectives.

Any plans to move !asklemmy@lemmy.world to another instance?

No. What would be the point? There's already one on .ml, and another one I've seen on a smaller instance.

Still a bit surprised you guys don’t have discussions regarding the community, that’s usually how we do it in the ones I mod, but you do you.

We do. Periodically we get the community involved in deciding the rules. Rule 6 was recently introduced after a community poll.

Yep

Mod Comment: Fair's fair. The Americans copped it sweet, so it seems like it's someone else's turn. Just keep it within the rules, especially rule 1.

Rule 5 (Support Question). Locking.

Support question. Locking.

Learn about the fundamental attribution bias, and make sure you compensate for it, including when thinking about yourself.

"Asshole resistant"

I love that concept.

Have you also used obsidian, and if so, would you mind telling us why you preferred silver bullet?

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OP, please reword to be an open ended question.

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Thinly veiled spam. Locking.

Not an open-ended question. Locking.

Breaks rule 5. Locking.

Love your sense of humour. :-)

Being nice to people makes them happy to be around you.