• ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    913·
    2 days ago

    Nobody owes you their time to moderate your community. If people aren’t happy with how their work is appreciated, then it’s their choice to leave.

    And I think it makes a good point to give it to the complainers. They can leave too, and it’s up to them too. It’s as hard as hitting a button. Maybe they’ll keep their fucking mouths shut next time.

    • chortle_tortle@mander.xyz
      182·
      2 days ago

      Maybe they’ll keep their fucking mouths shut next time.

      Jesus Christ… I feel like you don’t socialize much if this you think is a normal response to the most absolute mild and gentle ways to say “hey, might be worth letting a bit more discussion flourish while the community is small.”

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
        82·
        2 days ago

        Yeah I know what subs I’m not interacting with any time soon now lmao.

        I guarantee you this person you’re responding to is a power tripping bastard when it comes to their own communities, based on their attitude in this thread alone.

        • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          213·
          2 days ago

          You seem upset at being criticized for expecting people to do free work for you.

          Were you going to doxx me next?

            • chortle_tortle@mander.xyz
              71·
              2 days ago

              I’ve actually come around. I think it might be that forced arbitrary conscription might be the only way to get mods that are not insane.

              • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
                2·
                2 days ago

                Actually, I’ve seen MetaFilter be fairly successful at rolling out as a legal non-profit entity with elections and interviews to be admins/moderators. What is the draw? These people are all paid, they are not doing the work for free. It’s now literally their day job and pays them enough to support themselves doing that as their job.

                I know a lot of people don’t actually want to explore that, but I think that would instantly alleviate the complaints of people being expected to do labor for free. I don’t actually think it should be free, but as it is, Lemmy instances are not well funded enough for that, especially with the ability to create endless communities. MetaFilter has different sections, but nobody can just arbitrarily make a new section that needs new mods. So part of it here is how Lemmy is designed, and it’s base design reflects the assumption that moderators work for free.

                So anyway, put me in the basket of “we should pay admins and moderators (as well as vote for them), and this would solve so many problems.”

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      111·
      2 days ago

      Sure nobody owes their time, but they signed up for it. The idea that you’ll never get anyone with even the tiniest complaint (and genuinely, it was an incredibly small complaint) and to just throw your hands and give up when you do is childish. The first person to bring it up even said they just thought the moderator was working too hard, not that they were doing anything wrong, and that they even understood and respect the philosophy behind it. They weren’t being rude, there’s almost no better way to present constructive criticism than how the OP brought it up to begin with. If that’s worth crashing out over, you’re not fit to be a fucking mod anyway, imho.

      Yet in here a few people have written off as complainers instead of active members of a community who are giving community feedback.

      I would get it if the users were being rude, but they clearly weren’t, the first person to bring it up especially was incredibly understanding and not rude at all. Losing it over constructive criticism is power tripping baby bitch shit.

      • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        Biggest problem honestly is that I can’t deal with making a Lemmy.world account today, not home and not dealing with the link on the go. Maybe in the morning if they are sticking with leaving.