Politics Without Trolls
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- No shitposters, trolls, paid influencers, bad faith actors, organisations, or foreign government agencies. Should there be any question, your true intent will be determined on a case by case basis decided by your post frequency and overall reputation within the wider Lemmy community.
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- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
- No Universal Monk
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All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That’s all the rules!
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I'm personally a fan of no troll politics. Even if it was created because of one no lifer this community serves a good purpose in helping to avoid trolls
UM hasn’t shown his face in here but rest assured he’ll be banned if he shows up. This community is intended to be quite similar to the other politics community but with the added philosophy that we look at users’ intent in addition to their compliance with the rules.
As we see with UM it’s quite possible to abide by /Politic’s rules and still be toxic to the community. UM’s intent is not to engage in honest discussion and debate. Therefore he and those with similar nefarious purposes are not welcome here.
All that said, we do encourage honest debate and different views, recent posts notwithstanding. The goal is not to silence conservative views, it’s to silence trolls.
honestly the mod explanation of the ban does not give me confidence in their ability to make decisions, this community will have a purpose again in a day or two