playing on lazy stereotypes or conspiracies without bringing anything to the conversation
Then treating it as spam and removing it isn’t a bad idea.
When it comes down to it, moderation is always going to be about the grey areas.
That is why it needs to be done by humans and its also why there needs to be many communities with different moderators so that no one moderation policy/team has too much power/cultural blindspots are limited in their impact.
Ultimately I have seen very little evidence that communities don’t need strong moderation.
I think in general, if something is
Then treating it as spam and removing it isn’t a bad idea.
When it comes down to it, moderation is always going to be about the grey areas.
That is why it needs to be done by humans and its also why there needs to be many communities with different moderators so that no one moderation policy/team has too much power/cultural blindspots are limited in their impact.
Ultimately I have seen very little evidence that communities don’t need strong moderation.