[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In the interest of moderation transparency, we've had a couple of reports about this post.

Here's my thinking about it:


Community purpose

  • This post is more political that would ordinarily be seen on AskLemmy, ⬇️
  • it is an open-ended thought provoking question, ⬆️
  • it is generating healthy and informative discussion and debate. ⬆️

Rule 1:

  • the post is not trolling, sealioning, racist or toxic, ⬆️
  • the topic is contentious but seems to be worded politely, ⬆️
  • the author has voluntarily amended the question to be more sensitive in their framing. ⬆️

Rule 3:

  • it does not fit the definition of spam or astroturfing ⬆️

On balance, I'm going to let the post remain up.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Color me shocked.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

It’s a Portmanteaux of Lemmy and humans.

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I had to help give CPR to someone recently, and their eyes were partly open. Got me wondering whether they were partly conscious while I was doing compressions.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Rule 5. Support/Lemmy meta question. Locking.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Support question. Please post in !support. Locking.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

It's 4 days late, but I'll wade in.

It's possible to express an opinion without being an asshole about it. That's what Rule 1 is about. Not censorship.

I don't like (factual) Y about country X. <- Doesn't breach Rule 1.

The people in country X are all shit stains <- Breaches Rule 1.

Diplomatic honesty is fine (at least with me).
What isn't fine are:

  • Personal attacks,
  • Doxxing, trolling, sealioning,
  • attacks on whole groups of people because of:
    • stereotypical characteristics.
    • ingroup-outgroup bias,
    • readily disprovable dis/misinformation.

In summary, respectful debate is welcome. Nastiness is not.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Remember Rule 1 people.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Woah, woah, woah. Let's not get too carried way here. Some things we just shouldn't talk about.

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

Beards, not mullets!

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

We'll I'll agree that it's better than c:/user/home/technicallythetruth/

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Let's start with the second part of your question? How do you make someone understand that invading another country is not a good thing?

[-] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

The Washington Post estimated that during his presidency, Trump made more than 30,000 false or misleading statements.

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How does it work for you?

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I thought I'd give a quick update on the efforts to combat the spam wave.

Clearly someone wants to make Lemmy a less appealing place to be. It's a deliberate attempt to spoil the good thing that we have going here. l'll leave it up to you to contemplate the motives and timing of this attack on the fediverse.

So what are the Mods doing, and what can you do to help?

The most obvious one is that we are deleting the spam as soon as it is seen. We are checking more often, but as volunteers we can't be on Lemmy 24/7. We also have some automated checking going on. This is working fairly well, but occasionally some legitimate posts are being removed. These get restored eventually, but sometimes it can take a while for this to be actioned. If this happens to you, please be patient.

As users, we can help out by reporting spam posts and by posting quality content. Contributing to our community is the best way to make sure that it remains a safe, interesting and thought-provoking place.

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I'm talking about the things that make you really excited.

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We've implemented some basic controls to hopefully catch CSAM material earlier. As with any such control, occasionally there might be false positives. Unfortunately that's the price we pay....

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We have temporarily locked posting on AskLemmy until the CSAM posting stops.

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