cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down159
arrow-up1-49arrow-down1message-squareIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoJust because some hall monitors let their title go to their heads, that doesn’t mean they wield power in any meaningful way. You’re confusing petty tyrants and actual tyrants.
minus-squarecameron_vale@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down13·7 months agoThey control what I say. That’s pretty big.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months ago They control what I say. That’s pretty big. My, but you certainly have an outsized estimation of your own importance, don’t you? No one is obligated to host what you have to say. You want to get your message out, find somewhere that will or host it yourself. Like everyone else.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months ago They control what I say No they don’t. They just control whether you get to say it in that particular space. Editors at publishing companies don’t “control” what I say just because they can choose whether or not to publish my book.
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoa minor personal inconvenience is not censorship
minus-squarecameron_vale@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·7 months agoIf you remove my words, that is literally censorship. Don’t get semantic. Please.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoIf I disarm someone aiming a gun at my head, I’m literally physically attacking them. Whoa! /s
Just because some hall monitors let their title go to their heads, that doesn’t mean they wield power in any meaningful way.
You’re confusing petty tyrants and actual tyrants.
They control what I say. That’s pretty big.
My, but you certainly have an outsized estimation of your own importance, don’t you?
No one is obligated to host what you have to say. You want to get your message out, find somewhere that will or host it yourself.
Like everyone else.
No they don’t. They just control whether you get to say it in that particular space.
Editors at publishing companies don’t “control” what I say just because they can choose whether or not to publish my book.
a minor personal inconvenience is not censorship
If you remove my words, that is literally censorship.
Don’t get semantic. Please.
If I disarm someone aiming a gun at my head, I’m literally physically attacking them. Whoa! /s