Hey everyone!

I’m so excited to be the new top mod of this community. I’ve been a part of this community since the beginning, and I’ve seen how much it’s grown and evolved. I’m grateful to the previous top mod for creating this space, and I’m honored to be taking over.

On Twitter, I’m @CantStopPoppin, and on Reddit, I’m u/CantStopPoppin. I’ve been active on both platforms for over 5 years, and I’ve always been a strong advocate for diversity, inclusion, and quality content.

I’m planning to make a few slight changes to the community, but I want to get your input first. I want this to be a place where everyone feels welcome, regardless of their background or beliefs. That means that hate speech, racism, anti-LGBTQ+, and trolling will not be tolerated.

I believe that our differences make us stronger together. We can learn from each other and create something truly special. I’m committed to listening to the community and working together to make this happen.

I’ll be leaving this post unlocked for 72 hours so that you can share your thoughts and suggestions. I’ll also be going through the comments to answer any questions you may have.

Here are a few specific things I’m thinking about changing:

  • I’d like to make the community more welcoming to people from all walks of life. This means being more inclusive of people from different cultures, religions, and LGBTQ communities.
  • I’d like to make the community more focused on quality content. This means promoting posts that are well-written, informative, and thought-provoking.
  • I’d like to make the community more active. This means encouraging people to participate in discussions and share their thoughts and ideas.

I’m open to other suggestions, so please let me know what you think. I’m excited to work with you to make this community even better!

A few things to note:

  • YouTube and Twitter will not be allowed in the community. Only legitimate news sources will be accepted.
  • There may be a “Pundit Tuesday” in the future, but not at this time.
  • Fox News local stations will be allowed, but their syndicated stations and talking heads will not be accepted due to their many dishonest reports and lawsuits.

I’m excited to hear your thoughts!

Thank you again for helping to create, nurture, and seed this community. I’m looking forward to working with you to make it even better!

This post will stay unlocked for 72 hours for an AMA. I will try to answer as many questions as I can, but it may take some time.

I hope to see you all in the comments!

  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldMEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    As @neuromancer@lemmy.world suggested would you be willing to ban opinion/editorial pieces?

    Also, can you clarify the no spam rule?

    Currently, it is “No spamming: Please do not post the same content multiple times or post links to irrelevant websites.” yet I was banned for posting too many different articles in too short of a time period.

    Thanks for the openness and desire to improve an important community on the fediverse.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        You banned someone for spamming, then undid it and made them a mod?

        They’ve made 12 posts in the last hour, how is that not spam levels of posting?

          • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldMEnglish
            22·
            1 year ago

            I had an account on another instance that used to be federated but is no longer so I made one here.

            I kindly ask you to judge me on my words/actions not on when my account was made

        • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldMEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          As per the rules of the community:

          “No spamming: Please do not post the same content multiple times or post links to irrelevant websites.”

          While I did make many posts within a short period of time none of them are the same content and are all relevant websites. I am able to be active during specific times of the day so I post the world news articles when I receive them from breaking news sites.

          I was banned because I was suspected of being a bot and asked to provide proof which I did and was unbanned, that is fair moderation in my opinion to try and keep out post bots.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            12 posts in an hour is pretty spamming…

            I’m just hoping since the admins already had to step into this sub and remove the last top mod, you guys immediately re-adding that account as a mod again gets the whole mod team wiped.

            If not, just another dead sub on lemmy.world, there’s better on other instances.

      • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldMEnglish
        22·
        1 year ago

        I appreciate your commitment to ensuring the space is unwelcome to bots!

        Just humans being humans totally not a cow