cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up19
arrow-up19message-squareIf power corrupts, or power attracts the corrupt, why do we have moderators?cameron_vale@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoThey control what I say. That’s pretty big.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year 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-up9·1 year 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-up8·1 year agoa minor personal inconvenience is not censorship
minus-squarecameron_vale@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIf you remove my words, that is literally censorship. Don’t get semantic. Please.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year 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