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There should be some moderators looking after this community.

The sidebar should be filled with at least a description of what this is for, and some basic rules. Also posts/comments that are off-topic or break server/community rules should be removed. I think 3 mods to start would be OK, they can appoint more mods if needed.

If we can't find moderatos, we'll have to close this community.

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[–] Hurts 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If conservatives want to create an “echo chamber” where only conservatives are allowed to post/comment, they are just showing that their stated values about “freedom of speech” and “opposition to censorship” are not genuine…

No one here wants to create an echo chamber, that is the point

[–] aski3252 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well if you don't then my worries will be proven wrong and I would be positively surprised. But as an open leftist who has tried to share personal views on things in conservative and right-leaning communities before (always trying to be as respectful as possible), my experiences have made me a bit more pessimistic. People will claim to allow freedom of speech, but eventually pull out the ban hammer at the first excuse they have..

Even here, the conservativesonly sub, which states in it's sidebar that "Non Conservatives may comment unless it is apparent that they only came here to harass others who do not share their viewpoints" is just arbitrarily deleting some of my comments without explanation.. When I asked the mod, the reply was basically "this is a conservatives only community, we will maybe perhaps potentially allow some non-conservative comments if we feel like it..".

Stuff like that does not make me remain sceptical..

[–] Hurts 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have passed ownership of this community so I can't speak with absolute certainty, but the moderators that I have added (including the new owner) all share this view of mine, that free discussion, even differing and disagreeing opinions can and will always be permitted.

You're more than welcome to post and comment here. In the first day or two some disagreeing comments were removed and I re-approved them and told the mod that removed them that it wouldn't how this community is moderated.

The only posts I've removed are from a user that came here as part of the brigade and spammed dozens of posts that were not even tangentially related to conservatism (more so conservative hate/mocking). I was going to leave a few up, but upon issuing a temp ban to the user for the spam, the option to remove all was presented which I used. A single post that disagrees with conservatism would never be removed as long as it's done to incite discussion and not to incite hate.

[–] aski3252 3 points 1 year ago

You’re more than welcome to post and comment here.

That's good to know.

The only posts I’ve removed are from a user that came here as part of the brigade and spammed dozens of posts that were not even tangentially related to conservatism

That's perfectly fine in my view.