Could we please add a rule to ban musk spam?
Could we please add a rule to ban musk spam?
If lemmy had user-defined filters, I'd use them. Right now I'm downvoting the stuff, but there's already a community for musk-related stuff: !EnoughMuskSpam@kbin.social
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Moderator here.
Since there is a loud and collective voice, I will do it, but not all news related to Twitter or Musk can be banned. This is something that you folks need to give me input on. There is going to be a level or kind of essential news that impacts us all, that needs to be allowed to post, and for that we need some agreeable middle ground.
Inputs?
I think anything "musk did/said ABC" should be banned. Reading news about SpaceX or whatever else Musk owns that's technology related is fine IMO, but the constant "Musk this" and "Musk that" just makes me downvote or at "worst" unsub.
Regarding Twitter, if lemmy had filters, I'd block all of that too. However I can see that it has some influence on people and would be fine treating it as an exception to the muskysphere as long as it doesn't contain "Musk" in the title.
My 2 cents. Thank you for considering the ban 🙏
As long as people report, and if I notice that kind of Elon Musk paparazzi gospel crap, it will be removed as long as I stay mod. Active during Indian timezone. I do try complain about Lemmy's mod tools occasionally, because that and some form of CSAM filtering are key concerns now that platform is steadily growing.
incoming rant
Usually an active and reasonable mod tries finding the "moderate" balance on posting and discourse, but they are rare nowadays. I am not spez or a typical reddit mod "mod". I was born out of the community if that makes any sense, so I am handling the privacy and tech sublemmys for a good while, cushioning the impact of Lemmy adopters.
Thank you for your service 🫡
Would you mind adding the "no musk spam" rule?
Will do when I wake up. Gonna catch some zzzs.
when you do, another thanks for the mod job & also handling this: your outlook & response is the reason this is already better than That Other Place 👍✌️
Multiple rules have been added.
Well-worded! Thank you 🙏
For me it’s the difference between a statements and events. If Musk just says something it’s generally worthless drivel, but if Tesla engineers a new battery pack or gets targeted by a lawsuit then it’s something worth knowing.
I had a similar approach in mind, so it seems it will work. I myself despise the Elon Musk yapping and paparazzi gospel tabloid pieces.
Can we just ban the world Musk in titles? Twitter and... The letter ... x?