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[Discussion] Overly Lax Instance moderation here
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this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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My gut reaction is that they're doing a decent job, but are probably stretched too thin.
It is my understanding that @TheDude@sh.itjust.works focuses mostly on administrating the server infrastructure itself, and nuking the occasional extremes like CSAM.
Then, of the 3 OG Agora mods who were voted on way back then... @Difficult_Bit_1339@sh.itjust.works and @Seraph089@sh.itjust.works haven't been active in months, leaving @imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works seemingly holding the fort by themselves.
Or maybe they're using alts, and work in the shadows, idk.
I have no clue about any of the other admins listed on the homepage:
@donut@sh.itjust.works
@smorks@sh.itjust.works
@biela@sh.itjust.works
@MichelleG@sh.itjust.works
I have no info on them.
In my experience so far, our mods/admins took action when serious things were brought to their attention.
The challenge, I think, is mostly in bringing it to them.
Realistically, they can't be everywhere and read every comment and they're probably already stretched thin.
My guess is they probably need help? and/or better tools? (I don't think Lemmy has much in the way of moderation tools yet.)
If you have any specifics, I'd gladly assist in reporting.
As for !kiwifarms@sh.itjust.works, strictly speaking, I don't think literal kiwis are rulebreaking and that community has a single post about actual kiwis?
Now, Googling the name does turn up some 8chan spin-off harassment stuff, so I think it's at least a poor choice of a community name and possibly something worth discussing. (Not unlike how /c/the_donald was banned in the early days even though it wasn't strictly breaking the rules "yet").
If you're uneasy sharing specifics through here, I can respect that and you should also know that lemmy DMs aren't secure whatsoever.
As such, anything more sensitive should probably be discussed over Matrix.
You can find a few people's matrix handles on their profile page by clicking on the "Send Secure Message" button, I know I've reached TheDude and imaqtpie through there before.
While I'm not an admin or mod, you can still reach out to me on matrix if there are specifics you'd rather not post here or just wanna discuss.
Now... I certainly realize sending you on another platform sucks, but the current implementation of lemmy DMs is not something I would personally trust to discuss harassment or any serious personal stuff.
Yea I agree, the admins can feel free to ban it, I wanted it to be an ironic community about actual kiwis and not the infamous site.
(FYI, You weren't yet named when I wrote that wall of text)
Digging into this, it seems like a textbook use case for the block feature.
I still think sh.itjust.works admins probably need help though, but this seems easily resolved by the block feature.
I know I've blocked many people whom I didn't wanna interact with where they weren't necessarily breaking the rules.