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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:
@jimsalter hi jim. i'll take the bait because i have time today.
it has been expressed multiple times to gina and the fosstodon community at-large what needs to happen to "fix" and "work things out." rehashing it in replies with a recently-promoted moderator is not the good look you think it is. tone down the sass if you're wanting to represent a community literally on the public relations ropes to anyone who's been called a slur.
the actual actionable action that needs to be enacted: moderators and admins of instances need to be aware of internet culture and online dog-whistles that allow for people with fascist, fascist-leaning, and fascist-sympathizing views to navigate through community spaces undetected by "normies" who don't care enough about marginalized groups to keep bad actors out in favor of having a higher member count.
in order for people to feel *safe* inside of your community, there needs to be an immediate disavowment of any/all bigotry by the mod team. this includes transphobia. there needs to be less "thanks for trusting me to be a mod!" posts by the new mod team (who have been trusted by no one but gina) and more "here's how i plan to moderate the space after watching how everything unfolded." and if the moderators haven't thought of that? they shouldn't be moderators.
community management is hard. there's a reason why a lot of people don't do it. it's hard because you have to not only say the things that you believe and value in your community but you also have to uphold them and action on them. that includes researching the people you promote in your community to become moderators.