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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would require very strict moderation but it's feasible...

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It doesn't necessarily require strict moderation... but the mods will have to follow the Bartender's Rule.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, exactly what I was thinking about

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is great! It reminds me of this video which in my opinion everyone should watch who tries to run a community (and everybody else should watch it as well).

The Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a Normie

Just as a shady bar can be a magnet to not so nice people, a mental health online community for specifically men on a platform like Lemmy (that probably already has a not so diverse user base) is basically a honey pot for people who want to spread certain ideologies.

The video gets reported endlessly on YouTube btw, that’s why it is “age restricted”. :( While it talks about hatred it doesn’t endorse hatred. But for some reason this gets a video age restricted on YouTube while videos which are actively hateful do not get restricted…

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The thing is, you're going to need actual leftists with a lot of experience in right-wing narratives to do that... liberals can't. They only recognize right-wing narratives when it's far, far too late - if they recognize them at all. That's what the Bartender's Rule demonstrates - you can't allow right-wing ideologies to hide behind "respectibility politcs." If you do, the right-wingers have already won.

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