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I don’t like to be that broad about things. This is because I know how difficult it is to do moderation. There are so many shitheads in the world who will disrupt curated spaces. They ruin it for everyone, and that leads to needing strict policies that otherwise wouldn’t be needed in a more civil space.
But with the r/ufos, I’m down with calling out their over moderation and terrible justification for removing many things. And in their case, it’s because they are trying to insulate themselves from the flood of attention they are getting post pandemic era from people who poke their head in, realize how much bullshit is going on in the scene, and then point it out.
Over the past six years the sub has seen a steady increase in people who are not just there to listen to story time. And these new people are fed up with the nonsense, and they call it out. And this isn’t being a team player. People want their story time. The people in control of the sub don’t want critical opinions to outnumber those of the belivers.
So yeah. I’m not on the side of broadly talking shit about moderators across the platform, or any platform. That’s stupid.
You know who sounds like you do here? r/ufos people who try to post UFO grifter slop on r/politics or r/science. They sound just like you, even though they are posting trash in subs that must have strict moderation lest they become overrun with nonsense and noise. Those subs get sooo much traffic. Etc. etc. etc.
I don’t feel stupid, I dislike moderation unless its in a nuclear reactor, or its used to combat spam or abuse. Other than that people should be able to run with whats on their mind at any given time. I wrote what I believe to be true there is an entrenched core engaged in shaping the conversation along the lines of their own belief and if you stray or effectively engage , you receive their attention. I have largely moved on from there as in my personal experience its a ‘‘censorship engine’’ No private comments any more all content on the site is to be consumed and reviewe d for the corporate governance. I want the ability to chat with people on matters of experimental consequence or chat shit as the mood strikes. What ever Reddit was its not anymore.