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[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Appreciate the update, thanks

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hi patatas,

We had a chance to discuss this post and what we can do differently in the future. You raised some good points in your communication with us, and I've copied it in to our notes for future guidelines / recommended community rules. Thank you for reaching out, we're keeping the comments approved.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Quick question sorry: did rule 2 get removed from the sidebar? I don't see it anymore

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So that rule was mainly intended for the election season. It was relatively easy during that period for us to check and verify election related information, and there was an increased risk from harmful information being posted right before people went to vote.

The initial removal of the rule from the sidebar was a mistake on my part from when I updated the sidebar the other day to add the new communities people made. I edit the sidebar elsewhere and copy it in, and didn't grab the latest version of the sidebar like I should have.

However, since we're planning to work on the updated guidelines and recommended community rules sometime soon (+ the posts to collect feedback), we might just leave it as is and deal with things in a case by case basic till then. I'm estimating that we will be able to get that done in late August / early fall, based on what our schedules look like.

Thank you for checking! I appreciate when users keep an eye on things and give feedback, since it helps us catch issues and improve our processes

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for responding and for taking a thoughtful approach with this. I would very much like the fediverse to eventually replace corporate social media, so it's good to see folks working on governance and policy with an eye to the future. And obviously I get that this can take time, especially when people are doing so on a volunteer basis.

I'd suggest, though, asking community members for suggestions & feedback early in the process, and also to seek out existing work on the topic of online community safety & governance, especially by women, BIPOC and queer folks, if you haven't already.

When I had looked through the mod log recently, there was also a case where a post from the Toronto Sun (to be clear, fuck the Toronto Sun) had been taken down with the reason being something like "American owned propaganda newspaper" and then reinstated. There at least need to be some clear guidelines around what can be posted, it can't just be completely made up on the fly.

Don't feel obliged to respond to this message, I just wanted to communicate these things to you. Thanks again

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

That is fantastic to hear! Thanks.