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Is it appropriate for someone to be a mod here when they don't understand open source, and insult users in the community? (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://lemmy.ml/post/13864821

I'd understand if they were a random user, but a mod should already have at least some understanding about a community's topic.

But worse to me are their comments in that post calling the people responding "childish trolls in this community". I do not think that this is appropriate for a moderator.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Moderators deal with spam, hate speech and questionable content, so there's nothing wrong with it. From what I understand, the mod is trying to understand OSS, just like the rest of us. And that's okay. About the mod's unruly behaviour, that is really not a good looking for them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I personally want mods that are a part of the community that they moderate. This is like the Lemmy equivalent of a city cop that lives in the suburbs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In think that there's enough space here for differing opinions and discussion. Echo chambers are not good. Fyi: I'm against his idea, but I welcomed the discussion.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They didn't welcome the discussion, they insulted those who disagreed with them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

There was a lot of shitty comments by people who just bashed, but not all.