This was exactly my first thought too. Afterall, the API is still free right now too, so they can use as many 3rd party bots as they want to influence public opinion.
Zelsabriel
joined 1 year ago
But I thought they were so worried about the children... /s
I didn't need this in my head at 2 am. lol
There may be a lack of content, but at the same time more users don't always mean quality content.
I was on reddit for over a decade and as time went on more and more bots showed up, more content was reposted over and over, and more communities were swallowed up until only the same types of posts were ever pushed through to the top every day. I think it's refreshing to go somewhere where that isn't an issue yet.
I'm a woman too, but I have the opposite opinion. The world is already a tough place right now, especially living in the southern US like I do, and maybe it's just because my ND can make emotional regulation difficult, but sometimes I really just want a safe space where I can let my guard down and be myself without a constant fight.
For the same reason, there were certain subreddits that I frequented often on reddit and certain ones I absolutely did not go to. I don't mind l blocking the occasional user or even blocking an entire community myself if it means protecting my mental health, but it sounds like the adminis here were getting an unusual influx of trolls that were making it difficult to moderate this community. That's even more difficult if each individual troll can just go make another account at one of those instances every time they get blocked here.
If people want to access those instances, they can create secondary accounts and visit them. There's no reason we can't have the best of both worlds. Plus, I don't get the feeling they want this to be a permanent decision. It seems like just a stop-gap until they can find a more permanent solution whether that's more moderators, more rules, or more mod tools.
I've only lurked so far while I figure this place out, but I've really been enjoying Lemmy and Beehaw, so thank you for all the work you put in (for free!) to make this an enjoyable and safe space, especially with just 4 of you?? (If I understood that right.) Being a moderator is a thankless job sometimes, but you are appreciated!
I actually saw a post yesterday from a lemmy world user about their registration process. They had posted a screenshot of lemmyworld's registration/application with a title about how they joined lemmyworld because they didn't want to write an essay... At the time I was already thinking that I really liked the vetting process here, so it's cool to see y'all taking steps to protect that so quickly.
Again, thank you for doing such a difficult and thankless job! I know moderating a ton of users jumping ship from reddit isn't what you're used to and probably not what you signed up for. But you are appreciated.
That is such a great analogy. I keep trying to get my SO to join Lemmy, but he won't put any effort into learning how it works or getting used to it. I've explained to him what the fediverse is, what instances are, and what Lemmy is at least 3 times already, but then he still got confused the other day and thought Jerboa was another instance instead of an app. It's frustrating. People just love the familiar and don't want to be inconvenienced whatsoever...