The only thing mods have ever needed to remove after they added the block button was actual bigotry, transphobia, csam illegal shit, and capitalist apologia, but instead they think their job as internet hall monitor is to police speech and opinions and, when people dislike this, it's "these fucking users just want a cesspool ooooooooooooooh "

Because there's no middle ground at all between "cesspool" and "constantly vibe-moderating enforcing personal opinions on wrongthought, frequently based on the mod just straight up misreading or misinterpreting shit" 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

My opinion is if you don't belong at the bottom of a pit for saying it the mods don't need to fucking do anything and if you disagree you're a nerd. sometimes they act like the Hexbear stock price is going to crash in value if they let a shitty opinion go undeleted and i don't get it, literally making work for themselves imo

[–] NewAcctWhoDis@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Without downvotes the only real quality control is moderation

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

looks around yeah this is a real quality shitposting site, yup yussiree

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

nah people who are consistently hostile and abusive should be site-banned. visitors and new users don't know who the missing stairs are that they should block.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

nah people who are consistently hostile and abusive

what happens when one of them is a mod which was like at least 33% of the most recent drama bomb struggle session over this shit

new users don't know who the missing stairs are that they should block

I don't understand your words here but i don't think people need curated block lists when "if you deserve to be thrown into a pit for your opinion" covers all actual crimes that aren't just vibed out in the moment by the mod

Edit: actually sorry there is a problem with the block function, which reddit solved forever ago, where instead of just saying BLOCKED USER/COMMENT but allowing you the option to see further down the comment chain it's just straight up black hole'd

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

a "missing stair" is a bad actor in a community that regulars know about and let off or make excuses for instead of holding them accountable or kicking them out.

"touch grass 6 feet under" should probably be a ban