its the same function in all forums that have mods. the problem is some doing it based on personal bias which is the wrong, and reddit allows too much leeway in what mods will ban or remove.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
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Find a better way
Mind explaining what would possibly be better? Having zero moderation isn't it. And if you say AI, I'mma smack you upside the head.
the thing youre missing about the fediverse.. if a community does not approve of a mod they can literally pick up and move their community to a new community or even a different instance altogether.
this has happened at least a few times.
moderation is a necessary management tool, and yes, it is certainly abused.. but the fediverse gives us the ability to tell mods to go fuck themselves.
"We don't need moderators!" shouts the Troll*, in the wrong community.
* either a troll or just an idiot, doesn't matter imo
What's the better way?
Yes, I know, trolls etc. But such action turns any conversation into a bad joke. And anybody who trusts a moderator is a fool.
Not just trolls - there’s much worse content out there, some of which can get you sent to jail in most (all?) jurisdictions.
And even ignoring that, many users like their communities to remain focused on a given topic. Moderation allows this to happen without requiring a vetting process prior to posting. Maybe you don’t want that, but most users do.
Find a better way.
Here’s an option: you can code a fork or client that automatically parses the modlog, finds comments and posts that have been removed, and makes them visible in your feed. You could even implement the ability to reply by hosting replies on a different instance or community.
For you and anyone who uses your fork, it’ll be as though they were never removed.
Do you have issues with the above approach?
This isn't a shower thought. Mods, please remove.
I'm a mod here. While it's not one of my favorites, it does follow the format pretty well. I try to use Rule 1 sparingly.
It's a bad look to shutdown critics. I think the votes and comments are doing a good job of bringing perspective to OP's opinion.
Thanks for your reply. My post was meant as kind of a joke, but it's good to know the mods actually read through things.
A mod MAKES the community and makes the rules of that community.
Kinda like how you wouldn't want me to go to your and take a shit on the carpet.
I run !news_summary@hilariouschaos.com I don't remove shit unless u are clearly violating the rules its all available via the modlog.
Mods who power trip get reported to !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Not perfect, but that and public modlogs help
It's weird. The simple fact of being watched and told what you can say. And the possibility that what you're saying is being edited and what you're hearing is edited too.
This strikes me as abhorrent. But most of the people here call it necessary, preferable and even desirable.
I moderate showerthoughts.
I certainly don't know everything but I'm very sure I can't edit other people's posts.
If a post is questionable, then I try to message people and talk it out. We are all human.
Some people wish we moderated more aggressively to keep the post quality higher, others, like yourself wish there was less moderation. I try to leave things up unless there is an obvious violation, I try to apply the rules fairly, I am human.
Does your handler know you're online?
I blocked all .ml communities so this problem no longer affects me
Manually? Or is there an easier way to mass block them?
You can block entire instances. You should be able to find it in the settings in your Lemmy app. I know Tesseract and Voyager let you edit it. I think you can also filter by keywords.
Thanks! I use Voyager so I'll poke around in the settings.
Deny them engagement, let them have their echo chambers
You don't have to participate at all, you realize that right?
It's a discussion of principle.
If you don't like it, go to Truth Social or X where they never delete any comments, apparently. You are a free man