for background, I shaved my forearms for practicing methods of shaving my legs. low-key a mistake, don’t think id recommend shaving arms lol
I picked up a pizza after getting a shower and to dry out my hair faster I didn’t turn on the AC, was in a hot car in Florida for like 5m while it cooked and this is what happened. Pretty cool!
Edit: also it’s interesting to visualize how much water is lost when you sweat
… How is this “hatred”?
This is the comment that got the user banned.
The contempt and hostility of the comment and the fact that it targets an entire demographic were the specific criteria which cost the user their membership here. Further, allowing it sets precedent for more such comments in the future. I’m not willing to tacitly endorse it by letting the user go with a warning.
Does that make sense?
Your sidebar rule explicitly talks about “hatred”. But I don’t see that at all in this comment. At worst it’s a critique of the US education system, which at this point I don’t think either side of the political spectrum is really happy with. It’s also well-known that the state of education differs greatly between US states.
If he commented something along the lines of “Probably the USA, because you have to be a moron not to know this”, I could see your point. But they didn’t. They didn’t even pass any value judgment about Americans at all.
It could even be a sarcastic reply, because the OP also posted what state they were from, so they “probably /s” are from the US.
I think you’re making a lot of assumptions about this user and their mindset when they wrote this comment. As you’ve seen from the immense feedback you got, the vast majority of users heavily disagree with you that they violated the sidebar rule. Being too heavy-handed on the moderation damages communities, it does not protect them.
In my opinion, this user should have been let off with a warning, and the comment should have stayed up because it requires a very subjective reading for it to come close to violating the sidebar rule. Alternatively you could have issued a warning and removed the comment if you want to err on the side of (excessive) caution. But a full ban was not appropriate.
Unsure if you’re referring to me or not but I’m from the UK :]
No I was referring to the OP, who stated they’re from Florida. Sorry if that was unclear.
No worries.
I can’t be any more clear than this: hatred towards a country is banned on my instance. It’s my call to make. You can point at the original comment and say, “that’s not explicitly called out as a hateful comment!” but that opens a can of worms I’m not willing to deal with. Any abuser can tell a marginalized Redlemmy user that they were just kidding, or there isn’t enough evidence to support the definition of “hatred” or whatever nonsense they want if we begin to allow this kind of toxic behavior.
Should my users have to endure snide comments about their gender? Their ethnicity? Then why should they be forced to tolerate it when it’s targeted at their country of origin? This is what’s best for my users. You’ve obviously found a home in a community that’s more tolerant of such bigotry. It doesn’t fly here.
Something else that doesn’t fly with me:
The feedback I’ve got was mostly unfounded, biased nonsense. Would you really give up a cause you believe in because a dozen people said it was wrong of you? Grow a pair.
And finally, if you don’t like my moderation style, pound sand. You can welcome hatred and bigotry on your own instance. Surely a member of “programming.dev” is capable of it.
I have no more time to donate to you. Have the day you deserve.
Your sidebar also says:
Yet here you are, telling another user who tried to give you constructive criticism to “grow a pair”, “pound sand” and that they’re “tolerant of such bigotry”. That doesn’t seem very respectful to me. You could also have addressed the criticism directly, but opted to instead misconstrue the argument and presented a slippery-slope fallacy.
If you’re not going to treat other users with respect, then that’s a block from me.
OP literally mentions they’re in Florida
Good catch! To be clear, this discussion thread pertains to banning a user for sidebar rule violation. Do you think that the fact that OP mentions being in Florida invalidates the violation?
Yes because you’re clearly projecting some feelings onto the guy you banned they clearly didn’t exhibit.
If you can’t be impartial in moderation, I suggest maybe taking a step back!
Moderation strategy is ultimately up to me, as I own the instance and administrate the mod team. I’ve chosen to protect my users as described in my About / Rules section, which I’ve succeeded in doing.
The fact that you would moderate differently doesn’t mean I’ve done it incorrectly.
But your suggestion has been considered. Thanks!
Nominative determinism at Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
…You think I’m drawn to moderation because moderation is stinky? That doesn’t make any sense honey.
If you’re just trying to fling insults, for god’s sake, why would you use my name if yours is “trash girlfriend” lol. You poor pathetic thing. Bless your soul.
You’re trying too hard
This is some YPTB bullshit right here.
Umm… is the comment supposed to be removed?
They can’t remove a comment from a community that is not theirs. They can only remove it for members of their own instance (redlemmy.com).
That’s some pro-level PTB.