Сферический ВК в вакууме@tristen Thanks for asking. @PennyOaken sums this up very well. Questions need to be asked on whether there is enough cultural intelligence amongst those moderating the server. For example, are they all middle class cishet white men who cannot distinguish a far-right dog whistle from a the experiences of socially marginalised people. If the answer is “no”, what kind of people need to be recruited into these teams to make them more robust?
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@tristen It’s a real start; and I can guarantee that a team with better social intelligence do helluva lot better than hollow apologies. I, like you, want this site to succeed. However the string of complaints relating to racism is just too troubling. It’s a pattern. That’s why I don’t think an apology and call for patience is good enough. @i_jayas @tristen Not only did he personally apologize, the bans were reversed and he even explained why those things happened. This is the largest instance in mastodon, and also the most outspoken from what I can tell, it's completely valid for moderators to make mistakes. |
@i_jayas So a more diverse moderation team. I can get behind this, but it won't guarantee that mistakes won't happen. With moderation and site management, there should also be different voices/lives, I agree.