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Need an opinion on whether it is worth recreating a community. (lemmy.eco.br)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well, to sum up the story, I was part of a community on Reddit that was extremely poorly moderated, but also because most of the users were very rude, right? And that blessed system of Karma, created a separation of classes between them, you understand, which is ridiculous. But since it is a very controlled and moderate environment, and the intellectual level of the people here is much higher, I'm thinking about recreating this group. What kind of rules should I put in the description to avoid confusion?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Lemmy wasn't made with the promise of higher-end discussions or intellectual thought. Rather, the Fediverse wasn't constructed with that in mind. It was made as an alternative to escape the grand enshittification that has poisoned the wells of Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and other overly-centralized social media platforms.

So I think you're really aiming too high for what you seek on here. I've noted and seen very clear similar behavior on some parts of the Fediverse as I would on Reddit. You really can't escape it because it's not strictly a social media platform thing. That's what many people continue to fail in realizing. It does not matter where you go, because you will find groups of no-life assholes with nothing better to do than to instigate fights and shit on everyone's parade for their amusement. Along with other bullshit they do like victimizing themselves and crying to mods with made-up stories to get you banned.

It's an internet thing and the internet in it's entirety is bigger than any social media platform because those social media platforms are simply just parts of the bigger picture. So my point is, is that anyone can be an asshole, but there are always going to be dedicated assholes who live that kind of lifestyle everywhere you go. Going from Social Media Platform A to Social Media Platform B or to Social Media Platform C will not fix that. To be quite frank with you, I find it easier to stick with one community so that way you don't have to deal with the chances of dealing with the potential assholes who're going to be under different names.

And it also depends on how well moderated a community is. Keep this in mind.