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Moderators banning/censoring people arent oppressors violating your rights; they are customer service representatives curating a space for their intended customers. All this to say, I see you Karen. (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] grue 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

As a newly-appointed moderator myself, I think "customer service representatives curating a space" is going a little too far. I see myself more as a janitor taking out the trash while doing my best to leave all the art alone, whether I like it or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Stay Gold ponyboy, stay Gold

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

And sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

What do you do when that happens? What guides do you look to?

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie 0 points 3 days ago

To me it's exactly the type of services a customer service representative would provide.