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"A Billion Nazis at the Table" - The Fediverse model proves contextual moderation by real humans is both easy and affordable. The presence of Nazis on corporate social media implies at least a tacit a (www.staygrounded.online)

submitted 1 year ago by JustinHanagan@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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"If you’ve ever hosted a potluck and none of the guests were spouting antisemitic and/or authoritarian talking points, congratulations! You’ve achieved what some of the most valuable companies in the world claim is impossible."

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any community that welcomes bigots is truly welcoming only to bigots.

Any civility rule that is enforced with greater priority than (or in the absence of) a "no bigotry" rule serves only to protect bigots from decent people.

Bigots already have too many places where they are welcome and protected. I'm glad that lemmy (with the exception of certain instances that are largely defederated) has not fallen into the trap that defines too much of social media.

[–] JustinHanagan@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Any civility rule that is enforced with greater priority than (or in the absence of) a “no bigotry” rule serves only to protect bigots from decent people.

There's a saying I think about a lot that goes "The problem with rules is that good people don't need 'em, and bad people will find a way around 'em".

The best thing about human volunteer mods vs automated tools or paid "trust and safety" teams, IMO, is that volunteer humans can better identify when someone is participating in the spirit of a community, because the mods themselves are usually members of the community too.