Re:Rust Moderation Team Resigns
by babyblueblanket on Monday November 22, 2021 @10:49AM
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In my personal experience such statements are actually not rare among specific minorities, and only in spaces between those minorities. They will never be said in a public way, because it makes them targets. I've been pulled aside by fellow minorities and warned against communities I had expressed interest in in the past, always in private in confidential spaces.
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But what you're saying is that people will disagree about what communities are "toxic and non-serious". I might think that, e.g. much of the blockchain space easily matches that sort of description, but it would be harder to say whether that's a majority or minority viewpoint.
Re:Rust Moderation Team Resigns
by whimsicalism on Monday November 22, 2021 @11:05AM
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The fact that people disagree is a reason to not have moderation... why?
Because it's good for people to have and to share diverse opinions. The point of moderation is to prevent fringe elements from ruining something for everyone else, not to enforce homogeneity where consensus has yet to be formed.