What is your opinion of online moderators? Do you think of them as an ally or an adversary? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com 4 points 1 year ago

They can be both. Unfortunately human beings tend to be very tribal and subjective. Therefore my opinion is that they can be some mixture of both depending on the subject matter and how impassioned the moderator chooses to be.

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