We have a chance to build a new community here. How do we avoid the mistakes of /r/newzealand? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by FatalChessInjury@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Hi all, as with most of you, I'm an immigrant from Reddit. I never used to go on to the NZ or regional subreddits because frankly, I felt very unwelcome and those places were extremely negative.

How then do we build a new community that is based on being positive and accepting, even of those with different points of view, political leanings, religious beliefs or lifestyles? Everyone deserves a voice, no one deserves to be shouted down or made to feel unwelcome or belittled because they have differing thoughts.

Even festering cunts like Brian Tamaki and his ilk, deserve a seat at the table. We live in a free country and that means everyone should get a voice. Everyone gets to speak their piece, even if you don't like it.

How do we stop this community devolving into yet another online echo chamber?

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[-] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

In the end the moderators make or break the community. If you want to avoid the mistakes of /r/nz you have to make sure none of your moderators are one of their moderators.

Aside from that here are some ideas.

Moderation transparency: Publish every moderation action.

Meta Moderation: Allow people to somehow decide whether or not any moderation act was justified.

Hold people responsible for their words and actions. This of course would include moderators. This one is tricky as often the only real punishment you can dole out is a ban.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 0 points 1 year ago

In the end the moderators make or break the community. If you want to avoid the mistakes of /r/nz you have to make sure none of your moderators are one of their moderators.

I'm keen to hear what people didn't like about them (and just as keen to know if you didn't mind them)

Moderation transparency: Publish every moderation action.

Moderator actions are published in the Modlog. Note that because servers are federated, the Modlog has lots of actions by mods on other servers.

Meta Moderation: Allow people to somehow decide whether or not any moderation act was justified.

I guess this is possible through creating a topic about it (if mods remove it then you'd know from the Modlog)

Hold people responsible for their words and actions. This of course would include moderators. This one is tricky as often the only real punishment you can dole out is a ban.

The first part of holding people responsible is calling them out. Then yes, temporary or permanent bans are about the only escalation option available.