@freemo While there have been users who "walked the line" (something I suspect they'll have a bigger issue with with Threads joining the federation, frankly, welcome to moderation in the real world), you absolutely do moderate.
I've seen servers which "do not moderate" (or not in that particular area). If you did not moderate, I would expect it to look a lot more like that.
"He rubbed me the wrong way." is weak reasoning.
There is also some weirdo who thinks that every person called "Jeff" is the same person. I even suspect he is doing this deliberately. In any case, it's a different website.
@freemo While there have been users who "walked the line" (something I suspect they'll have a bigger issue with with Threads joining the federation, frankly, welcome to moderation in the real world), you absolutely do moderate.
I've seen servers which "do not moderate" (or not in that particular area). If you did not moderate, I would expect it to look a lot more like that.
"He rubbed me the wrong way." is weak reasoning.
There is also some weirdo who thinks that every person called "Jeff" is the same person. I even suspect he is doing this deliberately.
@freemo While there have been users who "walked the line" (something I suspect they'll have a bigger issue with with Threads joining the federation, frankly), you absolutely do moderate.
Also, I've seen servers which "do not moderate", and if you did not moderate, I would expect it to look a lot more like that.
@freemo@SpaceLifeForm@jerry@paco Hmm... Well, first off, I don't know a whole lot about this case. Seeing a bit of the discourse made me think of a few things though.
For starters, while "local servers" "sound" cool, once an Internet hostile country like the U.K. comes into the picture, it is far more uncool. Federation only really works well among people who actually believe in it for one. Even .art appears to be run by someone living there. Also, a few people there can be nosy, particularly about things which don't matter.
At first glance, it isn't obvious this server is run out of there, as it uses a .com domain. In fact, I was not aware of this, until I noticed the *other instance* he operates during the dispute between you and him.
Didn't the United States fight a revolution to escape from the control of the British crown?
@freemo@SpaceLifeForm@jerry@paco From where I'm standing, you appear to have a personal dispute with Mr. Wild about his moderation practices.
And now, Mr. Wild is misrepresenting an outdated stack, or some other thing, perhaps, even his own personal confusion, as some kind of vague smoking gun devoid of context to drag other admins into it.
@freemo@SpaceLifeForm@jerry@paco From where I'm standing, you appear to have a personal dispute with Mr. Wild about his moderation practices.
And now, Mr. Wild is misrepresenting an outdated stack, or some other thing, perhaps, even his own personal confusion, as some kind of vague smoking gun devoid of context.
It's not as bad as was initially conveyed to me but it is still monitoring people under the assumption they're criminals with no basis for doing so. QT: https://qoto.org/@olives/111898684820319954