Posts by Laura Doyle18

Look, I can barely stomach reading other forums as it is, so I have no idea if this is actually standard practice here, though that doesn't make it any less insane.
Shouldn't moderation primarily focus on stopping insults, spam, or anything borderline illegal? I mean, with all due respect, only a tiny fraction of users seem to view this as some weird subculture where the first thing you're supposed to do is study the rulebook and learn the laws of your new little community 🤣. Sure, people act stupid sometimes, but if someone doesn't want to deal with it, they don't have to comment.
And what does "this won't be a chat thread" even mean? That tone is ridiculous. It won't happen, there's no point complaining... is this a forum or a Supreme Court hearing? Who decided this and when? Newcomers don't get a vote on these things. Are we holding periodic elections or sessions or something? 🤣🤣
And this idea about "helping people" by not bothering them with "stupid questions"... what? Are the people who get annoyed by these questions somehow more prestigious than the ones asking them?

Sorry, it's just funny. If this were a Justin Bieber fan club, maybe it would make sense for teenagers to fight over what's allowed, but seeing grown, educated adults wasting time on this nonsense... I don't know whether to laugh or feel bad. Calling this totally normal is just weird. 🤷

brightpuma said:Honestly, this is just ridiculous.

I spend most of my time on diaspora forums too, and the moderation here seems insane. Deleting everything in sight, shutting down every other thread, banning people just because they're arguing (on a forum like 🤣🤣)... I mean, good grief. Apparently, it’s some kind of rule now, people voted against having chat threads, questions are getting on everyone's nerves when there's a chance they might actually be useful. A thread titled after a specific country could cover anything from studying there and flight info to marriage. It’s all pretty comical to me... then again, if someone needs a site like this to navigate massive life decisions like emigrating to another country, they probably don't need much better service than this anyway.
And that thread about the young engineer and the idiots staying in America? That had way too much potential to turn into a playground where frustrated, unemployed retail workers and English teachers argue with frustrated engineers in Dubai about what a decent standard of living looks like... where one group would sell their soul for a Western residency permit, and the other would whine that anything under a hundred thousand dollars a year is "good enough" for immigrants.