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@sim A good admin must be able to separate personal views from what is good or bad for the site. This is why a lot of communities self-destruct - when administrators cannot do this, it's only a matter of time between some deeply personal matter ends up being divisive. As a topical example, I DONT like having to block other instances because of the legal concerns. …
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@sim @robloxwarhol On the contrary, I have poached a few users from quitter.se <,<
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@sim Opinions can be a difficult thing here, because ultimately what matters is preventing disruption to the site, and opinions can indeed be disruptive. My rule of thumb here, so to speak, is how those opinions are being discussed. Someone that goes after someone and is unpleasant ("delete your account!" is basically the lefts "lol kill yourself") and isn't addi…
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@sim @robloxwarhol Generally, unless someone goes after myself, or a user on my instance, I'm generally a live and let live sort of person.
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@sim There's a seperate admin hat account I maintain for when I need to deal officially with people I don't want to deal with normally on a personal level. Most instance admins do this. Basically, it comes down to "don't be a dick" when it comes to the behavioural stuff. I could come up with elaborate rules describing the scenarios as to what that entails, but r…
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@sim (I thankfully haven't had to wear the seperate admin hat yet, but its there if I need it)
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@sim Context is important to try to discern, because somethings very "harsh" seeming things aren't meant maliciously, and somethings very "nice" seeming things can be intentionally manipulative or vindictive. The psych training probably gives me a leg up in identifying that, though I will admit I've run into problems before where behaviour that because of that trai…
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@sim Sometimes the strength with which these individuals dehumanise people surprises even me, and I used to have to deal with evaluating serial murderers.
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@verius @sim A lot of them tend to thing nothing of themselves. They're worth nothing and they hate the people they see as better as themselves, so they lash out at them. In my experience. What varies is the usually-quite-elaborate rationalization for why lashing out at those people is OK.
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@sim A community that is healthy looks after itself. I think the way the community as a whole dealt with this is pretty telling, in a positive way. We can't help but have bad actors sometimes, but when they are responded to by the community coming together, that's a good sign.
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@sim Always here if talking helps, for what it may or may not be worth.
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