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- games@lemmy.world
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- games@lemmy.world
“My first message would be, if you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox. That sounds a little counter-intuitive, but I would always trust parents to make their own decisions,” the company’s director noted.
It is entirely possible to moderate too much, to quash the voice of your community in your rabid attempt to keep the community free of trolls and such. As with most things in life, there is a balance to be struck in the trade-off between the wild west and the gulag.
Have you listened to the Jamie Loftus podcast on mensa?
It demonstrates both ends of the argument beautifully. Very insightful show; I hated the presenter afterwards but I think her insight would mesh well with your point of view.
I don’t think trolls are in any way relevant to the moderation debate. People have the right to be stupid and other people have the right to talk shit about opinions they perceive as stupid. If you don’t want someone who potentially is going to shit on your opinions don’t post those opinions on a public forum.
I have not, I’ll have to check it out.
I disagree on trolls. Like obviously some amount of fucking about is acceptable, but it really depends on the community and what they’re trying to do. If your community is about memes and joking around then great, do whatever, but if it’s based around serious adult conversation then it’s disruptive and counterproductive. Anyway, I just think that like anything in life moderation is a spectrum and the optimal solution is probably somewhere in the middle rather than at either end. I don’t mind people shitting on my opinions so long as they do it by engaging with my arguments and offering their own, not going ‘you’re stupid lol’ or whatever.