The community has grown steadily and now has more than 1000 subscribers. My approach so far was very laid back and I did not remove posts or ban many people, unless some very clear cases of spam and trolling.
In recent times, more user reports have reached me, which I did not act upon. This is also due to a lack of rules.
My original intention was to have a space for discussion, also with non-vegans. I see that the community is mostly passive with posts being links to external sites with few comments, also to sites of the posters. I personally don't mind and the upvotes tend to be >80%, which is a sign that a large majority likes this kind of posts.
This is why I want to ask you:
- Would you like to see more regulation on this community?
- What rules should be applied?
- What would you specifically not like to see?
I'm also open to have more moderators than just me for this community and general ideas for improving this community.
Thank you for your input! ๐ฑ
Unless there are people downvoting every post or similar, no. "A community to discuss anything related to veganism" has room for all sorts of posts and discussions. Carnist trolls currently seem to be few and far between, so current moderation practices are working.
That depends on the direction that everyone wants the community to take. @HubertManne makes a compelling point about splitting a community like this into a vegans-only community and an outreach community, in which case each would have different rules. For now, this seems like a community open to everyone engaging in a respectful way, so the instance-wide rules should suffice. The site's wiki even states:
I would not like to see posts removed or users banned for
That said, if someone makes a post saying that it's okay to eat oysters, I would prefer that the mod(s) err on the side of caution regarding bivalve sentience and ban that user for inciting violence. "Better that ten inanimates go free than that one sentient be eaten" or something like that.