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An important distinction on their moderation style: --- It's not censorship, it's lack of resources. We're volunteers. When it's too much work to moderate a

An important distinction on their moderation style: --- It's not censorship, it's lack of resources. We're volunteers. When it's too much work to moderate a thread, we just nuke it from orbit. -- matthieum @ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left_rust/jlxn9y2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left...

ilyt 3y ago
That's probably the worst way possible to handle it, worse than just leaving people to have their petty disagreements in the thread.
- raziel2p 3y ago
  Why? If it's petty it is by definition unimportant, so it can only cause damage by scaring people away or reinforcing an idea of a toxic community.
  - ilyt 3y ago
    ...vs idea of uncaring mods that don't want to do the job they signed for so they will just stifle conversation on topics that get too hot ? Those threads don't happen everyday either
- ssokolow 3y ago
  The other response, from kibwen acting with the moderator badging enabled, is more nuanced: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left_rust/jlxkc68/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left... Do read the full thing, but it roughly boils down to "If it happens at a time/on a day of the week when we have more moderator bandwidth available, we will make use of it to be more lenient. In the worst case it escalates to targeted harassment, and I promised myself to never let another 'Actix developer harassed into hiding' incident happen. Was it heavy-handed? Yes, and I wouldn't do it lightly. Also, I expect that anyone who really wants to know what was deleted can go to Reddit mirror/archive sites and the case you're referring to was the first time I had to act since Reddit surprised them by shutting down API access for the Pushshift service they relied on."

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An important distinction on their moderation style: --- It's not censorship, it's lack of resources. We're volunteers. When it's too much work to moderate a

by ssokolow 3y ago

ilyt 3y ago
That's probably the worst way possible to handle it, worse than just leaving people to have their petty disagreements in the thread.
- raziel2p 3y ago
  Why? If it's petty it is by definition unimportant, so it can only cause damage by scaring people away or reinforcing an idea of a toxic community.
  - ilyt 3y ago
    ...vs idea of uncaring mods that don't want to do the job they signed for so they will just stifle conversation on topics that get too hot ? Those threads don't happen everyday either
- ssokolow 3y ago
  The other response, from kibwen acting with the moderator badging enabled, is more nuanced: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left_rust/jlxkc68/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left... Do read the full thing, but it roughly boils down to "If it happens at a time/on a day of the week when we have more moderator bandwidth available, we will make use of it to be more lenient. In the worst case it escalates to targeted harassment, and I promised myself to never let another 'Actix developer harassed into hiding' incident happen. Was it heavy-handed? Yes, and I wouldn't do it lightly. Also, I expect that anyone who really wants to know what was deleted can go to Reddit mirror/archive sites and the case you're referring to was the first time I had to act since Reddit surprised them by shutting down API access for the Pushshift service they relied on."