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Re:Why I Left Rust by ilyt on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:56AM (#36105180)
That's probably the worst way possible to handle it, worse than just leaving people to have their petty disagreements in the thread.
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Re:Why I Left Rust by raziel2p on Sunday May 28, 2023 @12:23PM (#36105450)
Why? If it's petty it is by definition unimportant, so it can only cause damage by scaring people away or reinforcing an idea of a toxic community.
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Re:Why I Left Rust by ilyt on Sunday May 28, 2023 @03:50PM (#36107136)
...vs idea of uncaring mods that don't want to do the job they signed for so they will just stifle conversation on topics that get too hot ?

Those threads don't happen everyday either

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Re:Why I Left Rust by ssokolow on Monday May 29, 2023 @02:13AM (#36111209)
The other response, from kibwen acting with the moderator badging enabled, is more nuanced:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/13tsmht/jt_why_i_left...

Do read the full thing, but it roughly boils down to "If it happens at a time/on a day of the week when we have more moderator bandwidth available, we will make use of it to be more lenient. In the worst case it escalates to targeted harassment, and I promised myself to never let another 'Actix developer harassed into hiding' incident happen. Was it heavy-handed? Yes, and I wouldn't do it lightly. Also, I expect that anyone who really wants to know what was deleted can go to Reddit mirror/archive sites and the case you're referring to was the first time I had to act since Reddit surprised them by shutting down API access for the Pushshift service they relied on."

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