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Regarding harassment (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Lionir@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

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Hi everyone,

We are writing to address a recent incident of harassment that occurred within our community.

We are disturbed to learn that someone experienced harassment after stepping down from their volunteer position, we ask anyone doing this to stop immediately. This serves as a stark reminder that we do not tolerate any form of harassment.

We believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every individual, and it is our responsibility to ensure that everyone feels respected within our community.

If you witness or experience harassment, we urge you to contact us immediately. Your voice matters, and together, we can make a difference. We are here to support you and address any concerns or incidents that may arise.

Lionir, posted with the agreement of the Beehaw admins

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[–] AmScream@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Apparently if you call attention to someone else's post and comment in any way that the original user feels is unflattering, that could be considered "harassment" by Reddit admins.

Basically if someone promotes a crypto scheme, and we say it's a ponzi (and are prepared to back it up with evidence), that's "harassment" and we get sanctioned.

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

We are not Reddit nor do we intend to be.

[–] AmScream@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everybody says that. Google said, "We won't be evil."

When Twitter started to go downhill, I left for Mastodon. I went into one of the larger communities that was focused on artists and engineers and creatives and had all these glorious rules about "respect." I suddenly found my account crippled. With no notice. I had not violated any rules. What happened was the admin of the server was into cryptocurrency, saw that I was skeptical of crypto, and disabled my account and refused to do anything about it. This is a problem I've run into with Federated systems.

[–] paaviloinen@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

There'll probably be an instance you can call home, with an admin who will not discriminate. You can even host one yourself, at home, if you want to.

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