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Sue Styve's avatar

This is what we need more of. I'm so tired of hate. Share your life with me. Tell me who you truly are. Let me show you kindness.

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The screen shots are too tiny to read so I can't judge the drama based on them and will stick to responding to the post here.

What happened to you is awful. Being treated like an outsider in a community you probably invested years or at least months of your time is a slap in the face.

A few things that kill online communities. 1) definitely infighting as pointed out here. 2) Adding automated moderation bots and AI into the mix can amplify or cause confusion and misunderstandings that ultimately contribute to or lead to infighting. 3) The one who started the group leaving the door open for scorpions (for lack of better way to put it) or is one themselves. With normal members this is kinda unavoidable. Getting rid of them quickly before they can inflict more harm is key. When it comes to moderation this can kill a community. Someone who is nice to you or who you like is just that, it doesn't make them any less the hateful messy person they are. And back in the day of message boards Edmonds giving moderation roles to those kind of people really only left room for people who were equally as messy and sycophants.

Other thoughts; white people entering what is supposed to be a safe space for Black people and other People Of Color declaring their white pride can't be read as anything besides racist trolling. Basically the world of difference between Black Power and white power, Black Nationalism and run of the mill nationalism but specifically white (so-called) Christian nationalism. They may look similar in name but by definition and principle are completely different.

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