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Edit: down voting the person I'm replying to isn't needed, the conversation about which cultural norms we do or don't wanna keep from reddit may be easier to have without the downvotes :)
This is a the threadiverse, most of the super active posters really do give life to the communities they frequent because no one else posts, and in my experience, are generally reasonable, good folks, if still human and fallible. If sunshine is choosing not to name and shame, it may just be someone having a bad day, or not noticing they broke a rule, or a disagreement they had over whether a rule should or shouldn't be as it is, where sunshine had the final say as moderator
That was very true on reddit, but I don't wanna bring the same "active posters suck" mentality here to the threadiverse just because it was an understandable sentiment on reddit. We have much fewer users, and only a tiny subset of that already small number posts or reposts anything
Shutout to @PugJesus@lemmy.world and @fossilesque@mander.xyz, my fave regular posters
Speaking of fallible, I've certainly taken my fair share of well-deserved lumps from moderation, lmao
Moderator action establishes a baseline for conduct in the community. Sometimes, even regular contributors need a whack on the nose with a newspaper - otherwise it ends up a tightly-knit clique with "rules for thee but not for me".
The "too important to reprimand" issue is why power corrupts and why Justitia is stylised with a blindfold. Letting things slide with some, but not with others, will create tension and lead to arguments why it's fine when that other guy does it. You'll end up with a bad apple, who may end up spoiling the bunch, or at least a few other apples. The people worth keeping around will accept the reprimand with no hard feelings.
Granted, the acclaim of being a frequent poster might not quite stack up to the level of power where that becomes a frequent issue, but that's a difference in magnitude, not character.
And thats okay! I appreciate that the smaller size of this platform makes it easier to see and remember the human behind the screen than it is on unbelievably massive platforms like reddit, and part of that humanity that it helps you remember is that people have bad days, get shit wrong, and sometimes don't put their best foot foreward, even when they post a lot- such is being human :)
Thank you for the nice comment, as usual
Thank you, I try ☺️
I've been thinking on another post about the fediverse and its culture lately (different vein from the last one though), but we'll see if I ever actually sit down and write it all out 😅
Hope you have a good one! Its always lovely to see your name and icon around
Seems promising, I'll definitely read it if you ever post it!
I'm doing, I hope you too! And yes, likewise!
(っ˶ ˘ ᵕ˘)ˆᵕ ˆ˶ς)Why do you say threadiverse, not fediverse? Have i missed some nomenclature change? Wouldn't surprise me if I have, i'm usually buried down my own little holes around here.
Fediverse encompasses platforms as diverse as Mobilizon, Misskey, Peertube and Loops.
Sure, they all use ActivityPub, but communication between all these platforms can be quite finicky.
The Threadiverse is the subset of the Fediverse that follow a link agregator format: Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed. Compatibility between those is much better.
Blaze's reply is pretty much my reasoning
The fediverse includes a lot of things, but I'm really specifically talking about the way that reddit culture carries over to lemmy/mbin/piefed, and how we choose to build the new culture here
I don't think the person I was replying to meant any harm or anything, but I do think its always worth reflecting on what aspects of the culture from proprietary platforms we do or don't wanna carry over. And in this case, the mentality of disapproval for frequent posters is one I don't think we should carry with us to this new space, even if its shaped similarly to reddit :)