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Comment today on Lemmy re: US election by NuXCom (lemm.ee)

submitted 22 hours ago by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

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[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I realize that this is a very hot political season. Its impossible to keep a "good vibes" feel with this year's election politics, so I'm not asking for "Don't be an Ass" or other such naive statement. But please try to be on your best behavior. This is "BestOfLemmy", and not a political debate site.

I've nuked a couple of subthreads that have gotten too hot. Please report anything you think is unhelpful to the greater discussion. I'll remove distracting posts as I see them, but I don't promise "good moderation" here. I'm just gonna cleanup what I can see and when I see it.

The general rule for "BestOfLemmy" is to be an appropriate place for a Lemmy beginner to get a feel of Lemmy in general. Yall are somewhat forgiven for the heated topic, but its not a complete pass. Try to keep the perspective of "newbies to Lemmy are stopping by here first". And think about how you'd like to present yourself to them.

This is my guiding principle for moderation. This isn't a debate subsite, or debate community. I'm not necessarily interested in having everyone here complete their back-and-forth discussion (especially if it gets heated, swear words, accusatory tones, etc. etc.).

[+] gravityowl@lemm.ee -6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

So to you, the best of Lemmy is "vote for my candidate or you're a traitor"? And ON TOP OF THAT, you want people to accept it or get their comment deleted? What kind of reasoning is that? You could just remove such an obviously inflammatory post instead of acting in such way. Especially since you literally admitted this is not to encourage a conversation or a debate:

This isn't a debate subsite, or debate community. I'm not necessarily interested in having everyone here complete their back-and-forth discussion (especially if it gets heated, swear words, accusatory tones, etc. etc.).

I'm sure new users will love to see this kind of behavior by the mods of this community

[-] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 28 minutes ago

"vote for my candidate or you're a traitor"?

More like, vote against the conservative-fascist coalition if you don't want the US destroyed. If you're skeptical, we can open up any history book and read about how the German conservative-fascist ruling coalition of the 1930s turned out.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 3 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

I'm deleting the worst of posts that have degenerated into just two members insulting each other over and over again.

You can see the topic is mostly open for your discussion. Just don't make your posts devolve into useless bullshit and I'll keep the posts up.

I know it's careful balance and it's basically impossible to get it correct on political topics. But I'll do my best.

I'm simply being honest here. I'm not going to let 5+ posts of insults just stay around here. But this is also a topic with literally hundreds of comments so I'll be making mistakes as a moderator.

I'm not passing out bans here, yet anyway. I'm just deleting posts that have gone off the rails (as well as the threads / earlier posts that led to overheated discussion).

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 17 points 9 hours ago

Yep voting against Harris is voting against the US. The problem is the US has failed a lot of people. And they don't care, this argument is an endorsement. People on the Left need to be prepared for what is coming.

[-] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 51 points 13 hours ago

Idk who nuxcom is but is this really a contender for best of Lemmy? You see the same comment in every other post so is this person that special or do we have a slow day?

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 17 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

My vote is very much on slow day and, given a choice, would nuke this thread entirely, if that helps.

If folk MUST steal other's work, at least pick something that is semi-uniquely them and not literally a post made while taking a shit.

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

Actually I was eating cereal but just liked how you put it. Sorry if I offended by reposting. Felt it was a compliment.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 2 points 26 minutes ago

Yeah, this is what I'm here to protect. "BestOfLemmy" isn't a political channel. But it is a manual curation and manual sharing community.

The idea that you like a post and feel like that's enough to share is what I'd like to encourage. It gets weird with politics because now others are less inclined to post here because of this post however. But if the priority is to encourage posts and sharing here, I cannot delete a topic like this that was posted in good faith.

Its not like I'll accept all topics of political nature either, but given how close we are to the election it makes sense why you'd be thinking about this right now.

[-] dragontamer@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

There are two rules currently written for "BestOfLemmy", and they are:

Manual Curation -- If someone thinks its best-of material, it is allowed here.
Newbie to Lemmy perspective -- Posts should be beneficial to new Lemmy users. I'll ban topics on a case-by-case basis that violate this (ex: deep server vs server feuds or other "community vs community drama" topics).

From #1: The poster clearly thinks its worth sharing, so it deserves a topic. That's sufficient. For #2: it is a very political season (with only days remaining before the USA's voting days), so I think most people looking into Lemmy here would forgive us for a politically charged topic like this.

I evaluate that this topic was posted in good faith, and that newbies would accept such a topic here. So that's why it stays.

From a "BestOf" perspective: my main problem with the post is that it links to a picture of the post, rather than the original topic and the original discussion that created this particular post. I might make a rule against image-posts (ie: do not make unnecessary screenshots. Prefer to link to various topics and other discussions on Lemmy. Screenshots are counterproductive to the greater Lemmy community).

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[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

It feels like the heat got turned on almost all the way up with this election

[-] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Yeah the constitution totally doesn't need a rewrite or a few extra amendments thrown in

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 36 points 17 hours ago

America is like 100x more powerful than Russia, so it's really fucking weird that an ex-president is beholden to Putin.

[-] somtwo@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

My gut says that Putin has some very embarrassing dirt on Trump.

Edit: is/says

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 9 points 13 hours ago

Sure it's weird.

His vp pick fucks couches. I'd say it's on brand.

The whole thing is fucking weird.

But what's weird and what governs the future lives to be lost are separate issues entirely.

If it's weird and beholden to Putin, idk what else there is to say.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago

It's money and blackmail for sure.

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