196
Community Rules
You must post before you leave
Be nice. Assume others have good intent (within reason).
Block or ignore posts, comments, and users that irritate you in some way rather than engaging. Report if they are actually breaking community rules.
Use content warnings and/or mark as NSFW when appropriate. Most posts with content warnings likely need to be marked NSFW.
Most 196 posts are memes, shitposts, cute images, or even just recent things that happened, etc. There is no real theme, but try to avoid posts that are very inflammatory, offensive, very low quality, or very "off topic".
Bigotry is not allowed, this includes (but is not limited to): Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, Sexism, Abelism, Classism, or discrimination based on things like Ethnicity, Nationality, Language, or Religion.
Avoid shilling for corporations, posting advertisements, or promoting exploitation of workers.
Proselytization, support, or defense of authoritarianism is not welcome. This includes but is not limited to: imperialism, nationalism, genocide denial, ethnic or racial supremacy, fascism, Nazism, Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, etc.
Avoid AI generated content.
Avoid misinformation.
Avoid incomprehensible posts.
No threats or personal attacks.
No spam.
Moderator Guidelines
Moderator Guidelines
- Don’t be mean to users. Be gentle or neutral.
- Most moderator actions which have a modlog message should include your username.
- When in doubt about whether or not a user is problematic, send them a DM.
- Don’t waste time debating/arguing with problematic users.
- Assume the best, but don’t tolerate sealioning/just asking questions/concern trolling.
- Ask another mod to take over cases you struggle with, if you get tired, or when things get personal.
- Ask the other mods for advice when things get complicated.
- Share everything you do in the mod matrix, both so several mods aren't unknowingly handling the same issues, but also so you can receive feedback on what you intend to do.
- Don't rush mod actions. If a case doesn't need to be handled right away, consider taking a short break before getting to it. This is to say, cool down and make room for feedback.
- Don’t perform too much moderation in the comments, except if you want a verdict to be public or to ask people to dial a convo down/stop. Single comment warnings are okay.
- Send users concise DMs about verdicts about them, such as bans etc, except in cases where it is clear we don’t want them at all, such as obvious transphobes. No need to notify someone they haven’t been banned of course.
- Explain to a user why their behavior is problematic and how it is distressing others rather than engage with whatever they are saying. Ask them to avoid this in the future and send them packing if they do not comply.
- First warn users, then temp ban them, then finally perma ban them when they break the rules or act inappropriately. Skip steps if necessary.
- Use neutral statements like “this statement can be considered transphobic” rather than “you are being transphobic”.
- No large decisions or actions without community input (polls or meta posts f.ex.).
- Large internal decisions (such as ousting a mod) might require a vote, needing more than 50% of the votes to pass. Also consider asking the community for feedback.
- Remember you are a voluntary moderator. You don’t get paid. Take a break when you need one. Perhaps ask another moderator to step in if necessary.
view the rest of the comments
We can make up scenarios all day where someone doesn't do there job, but thus far the system works. So stop being out of touch with reality?
You gotta stop thinking of this as a one off. No I don't expect Joe to be fired on the spot, never said I did. If he's consistently failing to do his job he will be fired.
I've explained about 4 times how the system works. Maybe don't be so fucking dense? If you want me to explain again drop the insults (I'll do the same) and we can try again.
This is not a coherent argument. I used your own words. This is what you stated not me. You clearly have no understanding how government employment functions.
This isn't what you fucking asked. You wanted to know why I deal with the government so much I answered. If you cared about a consistent argument you'd realize that having to slide a hundo each time to get these things processed would be expensive.
And yes I would easily get the help of a city councilman that's how these things work. They're not that busy because the system works.
You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding. I don't give a fuck if Joe has his job, and I'm not calling my city to get Joe fired. I'm calling to get whatever paperwork I have processed. Like I don't know why you've become obsessed with Joe being fired, but I could care less.
If Joe is not doing his job eventually he will be fired or shuffled to a department where he can't keep fucking up.
You seem to have entirely forgotten the argument and are now obsessed with getting Joe fired which was never the point. The point was would it be better to have to bribe officials. Which is just ridiculous to suggest when we have a functional system.
Cool we're doing racism now, well this was a complete waste of my time.
Enjoy paying Joe to renew your license I guess