cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/46477287
See, Lemmy is a relatively small platform. There are pretty few active users here. Moderators should occasionally bend the rules if people are having fun and post or comment is in good faith. We shouldn’t moderate like robots; if I wanted that, I’d use Reddit or another meta platform. If we start banning every user and blocking each other, this place will become quiet and lonely. We should act like a community, not a big shitty corpo social media platform.
I made this post after some incidents like @[email protected] banning @[email protected] on [email protected] for posting intentionally funny comics. I know I know rule say comic should be unintentionally funny. Also, Ban of @[email protected] on [email protected] by @[email protected] for posting a NSFW (Not really) post without NSFW tag unintentionally.
Also, my comment on news of archive.org getting hacked and DDOS. (I said “People who are doing this fucking die”) on [email protected]. I know, my comment is not in good faith but I have no sympathy for people who want to destroy information and knowledge.
While I agree that good-faith posts that don’t necessarily fit could be left alone, where do you draw the line?
Usually a community has clear rules and if these rules are flexible, stuff gets a bit complicated when people get warnings, mutes, or bans.
Personally I think bans are a bit harsh and a mute / timeout for a while is often enough to deter bad faith posters. Repeated offenders would still get a ban, obviously.