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what's the asshole mitigation plan? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So far Lemmy is vibing. Everyone here is excited and optimistic and willing to put up with a few rough spots to be part of something.

When the Eternal September comes, which it will, how does a Lemmy instance deal with bad actors?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

I know it is part of the Fediverse, but I wish bots were a not thing or allowed. I know they are not 'assholes' but I just think they take away from having real human connections.

I think we just collectively need to learn how to act better.

Choose not to respond when people are agressively onesided, you won't be changing their minds.

We cannot control assholes or trolls, but we can control our behaviors. Stay kind as long as possible, disengage when you can't. Don't let these idiots turn YOU into an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There were a lot of very useful bots, and you can’t block bots anyway without blocking APIs, and we can all see how well that goes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah, I cant see a real argument against bots like that Auto TLDR bot for articles or that summary posting bot for Wikipedia links.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think some bots are good. I could personally go without seeing the bots that reply to comments when something specific is said, but many subs had helpful bots in them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm wondering the same, I would guess grey listing and shadow banning to be the most effective.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Shadow banning is a bit controversial.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Shadow banning is Orwellian . something you might expect from the CCP instead of a supposedly progressive online forum. If you're going to ban someone at least have the decency to let them know they are banned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're right, it is, but there are some folks who want nothing more than to burn down what you built. In the real world those people get physically dealt with, but in the virtual world where there's no means of physically restraining someone, what's your alternative?

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