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"I will never suggest Lemmy to people" - 196 users on the Fediverse's harassment of women (lemmy.nz)
submitted 4 months ago by dragonfucker@lemmy.nz to c/fediverselore@lemmy.ca
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https://lemmy.nz/post/18610200/13255360

This user describes how most of the women-centered communities on Lemmy were shut down due to harassment of their members.

Another user adds "We need a safe space, but most of the women I know on here don’t have the time or energy to moderate it. And there’s so few of us, it feels like it’s not worth the effort anyway."

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Apparently mods can and do ban people who just downvote everything they see, there's even been posts here about it.

Perhaps this is the solution?

[-] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes. The correct solution is to kick them out. Why are they even there if it isn't to participate? If the topic is inappropriate, make a report and let the mods handle it.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 0 points 4 months ago

It is, I just wish it wasn't. I don't want to ban people for having negative opinions, but there are a lot of people who only downvote, and for them it's the only option. There also aren't tools to easily automate it.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 4 months ago

If it would really help, hit me up, I can write something to automate it.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I mean, if they only downvote, it's kind of a mercy ban. They weren't enjoying themselves anyways.

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