How bad do we let things get? Should we wait until the planet can’t sustain life anymore? Should we wait until it’s 100 degrees F in the Artic? Until wildfires blanket entire continents or the last glacier is gone? Should we wait until fascist billionaires take even more from us? Until there are Flock cameras at every mail box? Maybe we should wait until the wells run dry or the tornadoes never stop. When is it going to be enough? I’m so tired of seeing things getting worse. Every. Single. Day. I’m ready. I’ve been ready. How about you?

How do we coordinate? How do we look after each other? What is the signal? If we don’t work together then we are just continuing our slow march to destruction to the drum of the parasitic billionaires. Please, for us, for the cats, the dogs, the birds and trees. The fish and the whales, the beatles and the centipedes. Please tell me it’s worth it to you, that you’re willing to get uncomfortable, that you’re willing to fight. There are more of us than them, and we are rapidly running out of time to make that mean something.

  • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
    51·
    9 days ago

    But think how moderation is actually a tool to destroy creativity, originality and effort.

    I see what you’re trying to get at, but you picked the wrong target. Moderation is a tool to keep a community that is focused around a specific topic from devolving into flame wars, trolling, spam, and co-opting. I don’t know if you have see what happens in large, unmoderated online forums, but it isn’t pretty. Tin-pot despot mods are a big problem, sure, but getting rid of moderation is not the solution.

    Even 4Chan has mods.

    • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 days ago

      Mods today are not what mods where originally used for. Hell does anyone remember what the original point of up and down voting was for.

      Originally we held a strong belief that the community should control moderation while mods were there to make sure nothing illegal or crazy was posted.

      We also didn’t call people arguing “trolling” but that changed so mods could remove anyone they didn’t agree with. It’s disgusting that we accepted it.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
      23·
      9 days ago

      Moderation is abused quite literally everywhere, including on Lemmy. I just got banned from Lefty Memes by diva because I said Mao killed millions of people. Reasoning: transphobia/chauvinism.

      This user is 100% correct in their assessment.

      • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
        21·
        8 days ago

        last interaction we had you were transphobic as fuck to me, called me a troglodyte, clanker, mentally ill, fake trans, all sorts of gross shit. obviously it never got moderated because .world. I even posted my fucking sharps container, some good that did.

        then i see your name pop up in an anarchist space doing apologia for US empire.

        spoiler

        obviously it’s on sight, go pollute some other space with your presence.

        death to america btw

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
          15·
          8 days ago

          How was I transphobic? Because I assume everything you say is a lie?

          You can say whatever you want, the reality is that you have a personal grudge against me because I don’t accept your bullshit and I call you out on it.

          Imagine suggesting that detailing the millions of deaths in the great leap forward is ‘U.S. Empire apologia’. Like I said, you’re 100% mentally ill - and you routinely lie or sweep for countries responsible for millions of their own peoples deaths.

          Choke on it.

          • mildseason@sopuli.xyz
            4·
            8 days ago

            Dude you were being extremely transphobic. I actually went and read your convo. You were using the fact that Diva is trans so say some really horrible shit. No wonder she doesn’t want you posting in her comm.

            Even if you differ in opinion. You actually do have to be nice to people and you do have to treat everyone with respect.

            • Jax@sh.itjust.works
              11·
              8 days ago

              Bullshit, post the comments - I don’t need to be nice to anyone, especially not people who sweep for mass murderers.

                • Jax@sh.itjust.works
                  12·
                  8 days ago

                  Again, why should I be nice? Tell me why I should be nice to someone saying death to America?

                  What I said here is 100% accurate.

                  • mildseason@sopuli.xyz
                    21·
                    8 days ago

                    Death to America means death to the imperial regime. It does not mean death to the American people. It is not a personal attack on you. It feels like you took it personally and starting throwing transphobic insults. If you want to make the world a better place. You have to do better.