• iorale@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    If the “cool admins” allow one asshole to be mod, maybe they aren’t as cool as they seem to be or they don’t care enough about their own instance, either way jumping ship is better than dealing with that shit.

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      10 months ago

      Can we not pretend that “asshole” is some objective measurement? What looks like someone you really don’t want in your life can be completely irrelevant to others. So you can’t judge all mods because that person you find offensive obviously has to be offensive to everyone else.

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        10 months ago

        There’s a huge difference between “someone I dislike/hate” and “someone who is an asshole”, but nice putting words in my mouth.

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      10 months ago

      While I agree when their jackassery is due to them being a racist/misogynist/homophobe/etc. that letting them stick around is a good sign the rest of those in power are also terrible, sometimes they are just a jackass because of having an abrasive personality or jumping into conversations and being annoying about some subject they care too much about. Think less malicious and more juvenile to the point that blocking them is necessary to enjoy the rest of the community.

      I have found zero tolerance means that no place will be acceptable. But yes, if blocking is due to them being hateful then it isn’t worth sticking around.

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        10 months ago

        Think less malicious and more juvenile to the point that blocking them is necessary to enjoy the rest of the community.

        No, I don’t think I will. If a mod survives long enough being an asshole (and I mean AN ASSHOLE, not just someone I disagree with) then I see no reason to believe in the admins of that instance.

        I have found zero tolerance means that no place will be acceptable. But yes, if blocking is due to them being hateful then it isn’t worth sticking around.

        I mean, that’s the whole point of the Fediverse, if you don’t like some instance just switch to another or host your own, the later isn’t an option for me so I pick the instance that seem more acceptable for me (rules and federated instances usually dictate it) and I’ve already jump ship from one on my own. If you think that implies “zero tolerance” then sure, I have “zero tolerance”, but if something if allowed to go south enough I don’t see a reason to stick around.

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          10 months ago

          Looks like we have different definitions of what makes someone an asshole, but are otherwise in agreement.