Hi all, as with most of you, I’m an immigrant from Reddit. I never used to go on to the NZ or regional subreddits because frankly, I felt very unwelcome and those places were extremely negative.
How then do we build a new community that is based on being positive and accepting, even of those with different points of view, political leanings, religious beliefs or lifestyles? Everyone deserves a voice, no one deserves to be shouted down or made to feel unwelcome or belittled because they have differing thoughts.
Even festering cunts like Brian Tamaki and his ilk, deserve a seat at the table. We live in a free country and that means everyone should get a voice. Everyone gets to speak their piece, even if you don’t like it.
How do we stop this community devolving into yet another online echo chamber?
My view is simply this:
We are a small community (so far). If you see something you don’t want in your community, report it. Whether you think others would agree or not.
When there are too many (good faith) reports for the moderators to handle, we can then as a community discuss the path we are on and the path we would like to be on, and how to get there.
Considering there have been a grand total of 2 reports, one about a post on another community and one about a post that started a discussion leading to the creation of !offtopic@lemmy.nz, so far it seems to be working.
This is a very reasonable and rational response, Dave.