To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see?
To the admins and moderators of Lemmy: How often do you encounter disturbing content? How do you cope with the things that you see?
And, if you are comfortable with sharing, what are some of the worst things that you've seen?
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Most things are ads, spam or people reporting comments they politically disagree with.
There was a troll spamming cp some time ago, but that was before my time as a mod / admin.
people reporting comments they politically disagree with.
Wouldn't this be mod abuse?
You might have misinterpreted it. It referes to users falsely reporting users they disagree with. This often happens in the context of political discussions.
What I didn't mean is removing comments I personally disagree with. This would indeed be mod abuse.
Sorry I meant that idiots flooding mods with false reports is abuse of mods ie creating extra work for the mod and taking hsi time away from the actual job.
I can see threat actors using this tactic to wear down the mod team.
You are right. We had some of those. They're gone now.
EDIT: I was confused, since mod abuse is usually associated with mods acting unprofessionally / in bad faith.