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Re:AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities by miladyincontrol on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:41PM (#48070142)
By large I absolutely agree with te premise, but find too that sometimes you find someone akin to a hammer looking for nails, starts to label anyone a missing stair over the slightest incompatibility. Oft combines with a formation of a faultless in-group and a perpetual need for new villains.

Its a rare thing, I dont mean to suggest its common. But it is always awkward to see when some people learn such language just to turn it into a cudgel.

Re:AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities by chao- on Friday May 08, 2026 @11:32PM (#48071567)
>sometimes you find someone akin to a hammer looking for nails, starts to label anyone a missing stair over the slightest incompatibility.

I 100% agree. This is why it is important for leaders not to rely on the judgement of a single person, but on the behavior of perception of the community as a whole (which I tried to mention as a caveat in my comment).

On the other hand, if you have an overeager moderator with too much discretionary power... well that's a different community problem, and it is going to go wrong in multiple ways, not just this one :(