Edit: Oops, it is /r/Tennessee, not /r/ProgressiveHQ

A screenshot of a poster on Reddit /r/Tennessee trying to post about the election, and a mod removing the post while not really pretending there's a good reason to remove it
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[–] 12 points 10 months ago (9 children)
  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (8 children)

    It doesn't, at all. They don't care.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    It can be used to pressure admins to remove problematic moderators. It can be used to pressure admins of your instance to defederate from other instances with problematic admins. It means mods can't gaslight people about their actions. Obviously it doesn't magically stop bad actions but it gives us a lot of ways to resist it and counter it.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    In theory, yes. I have seen one (1) case of it working, across hundreds of communities.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You've only seen one case of mods not being able to gaslight people? I'm been a little cheeky because it's so much more than getting mods to step down or apologize or shit like that. If they're the problem people can make a new community. If the instance is the problem you can jump ship to a new one. Hell, you can even self host if it comes down to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Thats where federation comes in. Don't like how mods are running things? Just set up a mirror forum on a different instance and people will come if theyre sympathetic.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If we ignore the network effect, or the effort it takes, it's a great idea!

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    It's a fair point. Don't discount the power and value that comes from keeping the same platform, APIs, and client software during a community migration away from the censorship. Plus having a clear line delineating the extent of a mod's power to suppress viewpoints likely reduces the incidence of abuse in the first place.

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