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Moderator should not be volunteer work and moderator actions and internal discussions should not be private (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

The entire concept of "moderation" doesn't make a lot of sense in a federated environment. Anyone can start an instance, and post anything they want to that instance. Moderators can block local content from being posted to the general public, and they can block local users from viewing remote content.

But they can't block the general public from accessing remote content.

Moderation is no longer the gatekeeping of content. It is now about limiting consumption.