I’m willing to volunteer as a moderator in this community, using my existing lemmy.world account [email protected]. Currently ~CET based

Primarily I’ll be enforcing the current rules in the sidebar, with the intention of the community returning to a home for unpopular opinions, rather than troll or “bait” posts with the sole intent of upsetting others…

First thing I’d want to do is a meta poll what others’ view an “unpopular opinion” as. Mine would be something along the lines of “an opinion that is generally accepted in western cultures, but may not necessarily held by a majority”, however it would be ideal to get more perspectives and a general discussion going on that, as this would shape moderation moving forward.

Only rule change I’d consider presently would be the discretionary removal of controversial posts focused on sensitive geopolitical issues or political figures - with community interactions on instances of these posts being the basis

I’d be willing. I’m already modding the community locally on my instance, so might as well throw my hat in. I would need to make a LW account for the purpose, but that’s not an obstacle.

We also ask that you provide a short description of how you want to see the community in the future

Well, I think the rules are pretty solid as-is, though I would suggest two addition:

• Submissions should be unpopular opinions in general, not just on Lemmy.
• You shoudl provide a justification / rationale along with your submission

Sorry to read there has been trouble on this particular forum. My 5 cents:

You aren’t likely to keep moderators around, as long as we insist on emulating the sort of nonsense that’s been running rampant on university campuses for an unforgivably long time/ was lampooned in the first scene of “American Fiction”… That is to say, taking increasingly elastic definitions of “trolling”, and capitulating to the frivolous grievances of real-life equivalents to Titania McGrath

Be very specific and explicit about what content is forbidden, with instructions such as “No posting links to kiddie porn or footage of ISIS beheadings. No threatening anyone to go to someone else’s house and dismember them with a chainsaw”, instead of hiding behind deliberately vague euphemisms and weasel phrases, such as “No targeting marginalized populations for hate”

Also, issue a public statement such as “Those who are among the 13% of America who revel in being offended, and expect the rest of us mere mortals to keep our speech G-rated are well advised to go watch The Disney Channel, rather than visiting lemmy. We’re a forum for aspiring adults who are enthusiasts for inquiry and the robust exchange of ideas”

I’d be willing to moderate. I am currently a moderator of [email protected], as well as 2 other smaller communities.

I’d like to see this community work as intended. Unpopular opinions that are valid are liked more, while common/popular opinions aren’t. This will hopefully generate more discourse. Rules would mostly stay the same, with the expansion of rule 1 to include rule 1 that we have in [email protected], as well as adding “no self-promotion” to rule 3.