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"Didn't expect MAGA to be racist to me!" (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

Petition to restart !leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world, by the way.

Every time I make the mistake of visiting that sub, I want to smack the mod who locked it. I don't even know if his grievances were legit, but clearly the only people he's hurting are the folks who would like to post to the sub.

Edit: Are .world Admins aware? Do they have a position on the situation? Do they give a crap? Anyone know?

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    We're aware. AFAIK, nobody has expressed interest in taking over that community and bringing it back to life.

    @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world would you like to volunteer?

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  • [–] 64 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    It's funny you should ask that; I was just about to reach out to ruud over Matrix and have been thinking about it for a couple weeks. I'd love to if that's alright with the admin team.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Do it, you don't suck.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    Hey, you shouldn't presume to know what other people do with their free time.

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  • [+] 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    You can leave your friends behind

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Because your friends don't suck

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I'm so glad you said this so I didn't have to.

    edit: This song was originally sung by the group "Men Without Hats." Because of that, it always reminds me of the webcomic "[http://meninhats.com](Men in Hats)," which is excellent. If you haven't read it, you should.

    edit 2: apparently my linkage didn't work, I guess because of the quotes? Sorry about that.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Here's the beautiful thing about Lemmy and the Fediverse as the whole: Anyone could be a pioneer and create another leopardatemyface community--even in another instance different from lemmy.world. I saw the mod's explanation of locking this community and I think it's a legitimate reason cuz many of us running away from Reddit at least wants something different from the userbase and moderating culture there and .world instance failed to provide it.

    Also, I think the .world Admins are aware, and that they have a position on the situation, and most likely they don't give a crap. That's why like I said, any dissenting users could create yet another similar community and try to lure others in to subscribe to it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    most likely they don’t give a crap.

    We do, a little. But we also can't manually curate the entire instance. For things like this, it really helps if someone comes and talks to us, especially if they're willing to volunteer.

    I don't think that was a legitimate reason to lock the sub. Often, when you disagree with someone, you can use words instead of mod/admin tools. And that mod created an obvious strawman to rage against. They wanted much heavier moderation than we typically do, and I don't think we're extremely light on moderation.

    • Lemmy.World Community Team (yeah, it's a little weird to sign a comment, but this is also my personal account)
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Not every problem needs to be solved with mod/admin tools. Absolutely nobody said rape was okay.

    "Rape is less severe than normal" is not such a dangerous opinion that mods/admins need to get involved. If you are offended and/or disagree, that's what your words are for.

    I encourage mods to use words instead of mod tools whenever possible.

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