Bard spotting on Bluesky 08 October 2024

Micah (@rincewind.run):

once again reinforcing the fact that the best online communities are the ones where there are mods with their heads screwed on straight who are willing to ban the shit-stirrers regardless of whether they have technically broken any rules

just, no, you're making it worse for everyone, bye

Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social):

A paper out of New York University on social media finds "0.1% of users shared 80% of fake news," and "74% of all online conflicts are started in just 1% of communities" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Buttadeus (@thewanderingjew.bsky.social):

Yeah, this is honestly the ballgame. It's a private party, not the public square. Mods' goal is not to be fair, but to basically exercise editorial control.

Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):

One subreddit I run - for my hometown - has one rule:

"Be Excellent To Each Other. Don't Be a Jerk".

It covers 100% of all the toxic behaviour, and is entirely fair.

All the pages and pages and pages of broken-out rules exist because some people think i.e. being a bigot is excellent

Ms. Penny 🌅🧙♀️ Oaken (@skywitches.net):

90% of countering toxicity is having someone who sees it and responds to it promptly with "Nope, that's not allowed here" - setting boundaries. 10% is paperwork on the ones that don't listen.