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[Meta] New Rules, and New Future (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by dohpaz42@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
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Well hello again everybody! This has been a wonderful past couple of days. I want to give a huge thank you to everybody who participated in my Under New Management post from Thursday. There was a lot of great feedback, and it will go a long way to helping me better understand all of your wants and needs for this community. Yay!

Yes, this will be wordy. Read it anyway. I will try to be concise.

I spent the entirety of Thursday afternoon and evening working through the over 600 reports that existed for the community. There are still a little less than 200 more left to work through. To be fully transparent, I was given the option of simply mass clearing all of the reports so that I could start with a clean slate. Halfway through, it was very tempting to take the powers-that-be (PtB) up on their generous offer. 😅 But, I wanted to see the reports and see what was being reported (and also by whom). Again, this is my way of learning about this community and its members.

The first thing I want to say is this: for the time being, I have decided that @beep@piefed.world is allowed to stay – with conditions. I have reached out privately to them about their past behavior, and they conveyed that they will respect the rules going forward. I have conveyed back to them that their continued use of the community is contingent on their ability to not break the rules going forward (especially with the alteration of comics). With this said, I fully expect this to ruffle quite a few of those proverbial feathers. But, for better or for worse, the decision is made. Please do not report their posts/comments merely because of who they are. If you do report them for anything, do it because it actually breaks the rules (be sure to be specific about what rules).

With this out of the way, I also want to take a moment to welcome the following people to our moderation team:

  • @TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
  • @Harvey656@lemmy.world
  • @slazer2au@lemmy.world
  • @Otter@lemmy.ca
  • @cannedtuna@lemmy.world
  • @18107@aussie.zone

They have each reached out in some capacity to ask for this job, and I see no reason to not bring them aboard to help out. I expect that they will do their very best to ensure that this community, and its visitors, are treated fairly and with the upmost respect they deserve. Let's be sure that they get the same in return. Everyone made it a strong point that we are all adults here, so let's be sure to act like it.

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[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 8 points 16 hours ago

Welcome mods! Looking forward to an active mod team, thanks for taking on the challenge!

Kudos, dohpaz, on the call about beep. The ban hammer is an easy out; I think this shows a lot of integrity and a considered approach to a controversial situation.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 34 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

While i think Beep is objectively a bad person, i see no reason they can't post here if they respect the rules. It's really not that ~~beep~~ deep.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

But what about beep@lemmynsfw and beep@lemmy.world? Will only one of his personalities behave? Can't wait to find out

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 18 hours ago

Personally I am more concerned with the ones not yet made, as the known ones are already blocked. :-|

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

This was removed?

[-] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

It looksnlike the bottom of that was cut off, where attribution would usually be. I never removed it, but I would say that could be the reason. And maybe no NSFW tag, thats.... spicy?

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Personally I think it should be tagged nsfw.

I like the metric I came up with the other day.

If you'd get arrested for showing it to a 16yr old, tag it. If you'd shoot your "creepy uncle" for showing it to your 16yr old kid, tag it.

It's not that I think a 16yr old isn't mature enough for this type of material, but it's a lot different if a much older person shares it with them. When in doubt - tag it.

[-] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 8 points 19 hours ago

Thanks, much appreciated!

Modding a big community is a herculean effort but needed if we want the fediverse to thrive, so thanks for stepping up to the plate!

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

Welcome new mods!

Hold onto your butts.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

.dlǝɥ noʎ ɟᴉ ʎluO

[-] Nima@leminal.space 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"I have decided that beep(at)piefed.world is allowed to stay – with conditions. I have reached out privately to them about their past behavior, and they conveyed that they will respect the rules going forward."

oh cool! i totally trust a poster who posted specifically in bad taste in order to fight with as many people possible to stand by his weird obsessive stance.

i also totally trust the dude that instantly made alt accounts and alt communities just so he could attempt to evade bans and new rules.

I'm so happy to hear he promised this time! that makes such a huge difference!

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't trust them either given they explicitly disobeyed rules before (which I'm sure hundreds of people pointed out to them, e.g. about post limits), but I can promise you I'll be keeping an eye on what they post here. They won't get the same leeway again, and I think it's a reasonable olive branch by jerkface given that they are able to post good material here when they stick within the rules – and, in my mind, so that the catalyst of the mod transition doesn't steal the spotlight as a singular reason for the transition. This isn't just "/c/comicstrips but beep isn't here", and I think that conveys that message while giving beep plenty of rope, so to speak.

We'll keep them in check, and it won't be a problem again. Rehabilitation where it's possible, and I think it's possible here.

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I was pretty anti-post limits, but after seeing lemmyshitpost today… well. I can understand why they’re in place.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, several factors converge to make a bunch of daily posts (even well-meaning) a bad idea to allow; among them:

  • The threadiverse is small enough that basically anything with even tepid reception shows up on 'All'. So users who are lukewarm on the community but don't want 5 million posts per day are incentivized to just block it altogether instead of whack-a-mole problematic users.
  • It crowds out posts from other users, propagating a monoculture.
  • It incentivizes the poster to value quantity over quality.
  • It's much harder to properly moderate.
  • It dilutes discussion around a bunch of posts instead of in-depth commentary around a handful of posts.
  • It causes ceaseless arguments that can even dominate the community (hell, even leak out of it) when one or two users get way out-of-hand.
[-] Nima@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago

i understand.

[-] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 6 points 19 hours ago

Thank you for taking on the task. We (mostly) appreciate it.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

.llɐ ʎɐp'פ

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Nice work, DohPaz and folks! I guess it will be interesting to see if the various beeps clean up their act across the other comics /c's they post at...

Also, I confess a swell of jealousy about getting so many mod volunteers in past days. I haven't had a single volunteer at my comics place over the years, altho of course it's smaller (~1.1K users), and more niche than yours. Anyway, thanks for your efforts, here!

[-] JetpackJackson@feddit.org 6 points 20 hours ago

Nice! Thank you!

[-] nocturne@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

The first thing I want to say is this: for the time being, I have decided that beep is allowed to stay

That is disappointing to hear.

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago

I think if you follow the rules as they’ve been laid out now, you should be allowed to stick around.

Previously the rule requiring a source or attribution link was not a rule.

While I don’t agree with Beep’s public POV on how website links for the artists are equivalent to an advertisement, it wasn’t against the rules. Just kind of rude.

If they’re willing to follow the rules now, they can stay. It’s that easy.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Also holy sheet what happened to not feeding the trolls? The whole thing was obvious bait and so many people took it

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Rules

  1. 😇 Be Nice!

    • Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.

  2. 🏘️ Community Standards

    • Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
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  6. 📬 Post Frequency/SPAM

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