Kia ora!
What’s the plans for moderation on this instance? I guess there’s probably going to be a bit of a flood from the NZ-oriented subreddits and this seems like a smart landing place for them.
Lemmy.ml apparently has owners with weird political beliefs, and this is putting a bunch of people off. Is there going to be a set of rules/CoC for this instance?
Also, servers cost money. Any plans for adding a way for users to support the server?
Thanks for setting it up!
I think calling someone out on this is more effective than silently banning someone. It’s more transparent, and shows that we aren’t willing to put up with it. In the case of the last one, probably we would want to remove it and send a DM to them explaining why it’s not acceptable. In this case, the harm in leaving it up outweighs the benefit of transparency.
I’m not sure that we’ve quite worked out what kind of place this is. But if you have a suggestion that could sum it up in a sentence I’m all ears. However, I don’t think we need to say “no threatening, no doxxing, no telling people to go kill themselves” as I think by listing this you are telling people it’s a place that needs these common sense rules because people often aren’t able to use common sense so need it written down. I’m not sure that’s the place we want or the impression we want to give.
Yeah fair enough.
I can’t say what everyone else wants this place to be, but I’d like it to be a welcoming place where people associated with Wellington and Wellington region can socialise, make friends, get support or recommendations, and discuss things relevant to living in or visiting Wellington.
But also I’d like some definition, if not specific rules then at least a kind of map of how things will be addressed. In part because not everyone who infringes means to do so, but also because some people can’t parse an oblique warning.
I’d like to see how we go. When an issue (or potential issue) arises, either start the discussion yourself, or report it with a description of your concern. If we find the approach isn’t working, we can adjust then. But before then I’d like to build up a team of moderators happy to use the discussion approach, and then as a team we can decide if more rules are necessary.
I think probably you are going to want to do a thread specifically for mod applications? I’d be willing to zap obvious spam scams and illegal things like csam on a when and as encountered basis but I don’t really have the time or the mental bandwidth to commit to full discussion based modding, especially where the discussions might be time sensitive. Also I think probably we’re both active in the same time zone while you’ll probably want at least one ideally two people who can prevent mods are sleeping scenarios.
Yes, I think we are new enough it’s difficult to approach people so I will do a mod application thread. I’ll pick some people willing to try a discussion-based approach, and willing to join a mod matrix room to discuss things. Plus some others for obvious spam/illegal content removal, especially for covering other time zones.