Regarding harassment
Regarding harassment
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
just to ensure no ambiguity by the way: lionir is basically the fourth admin on the team but helps us almost exclusively on the backend which is why they're not a site admin. this statement was seen and approved by all of us before it was posted
Greetings... I'm just hearing about Lemmy and find it cool. I have a question regarding harassment - and ironically, it's one reason why I've come here from Reddit. Let me explain...
I'm the mod of the most popular subreddit critical of cryptocurrency. Obviously crypto is a popular and controversial subject. Our community is focused on exposing the fraud and the scams in the technology. But those who are running such operations really don't want our community to exist, so they've been repeatedly reporting us to Reddit for "harassment" - basically if they make absurd claims about returns or get hacked and we find it amusing - they consider that "harassment" and now they've sanctioned our community. But we've actually not been told we violated any specific harassment policy -- just that some people complained.
So we're wondering where we can go where speaking truth to power isn't so dangerous? Anybody can file a complaint, but when the complaint is hollow, still being punished is bad. How would Behaw handle something of this nature?
EDIT: btw, my apologies if this thread may pertain to a specific incident of harassment.. I thought maybe it was a general thing - if bringing up something related but different is inappropriate, let me know and I'll delete my comments. But I am hoping to talk about both sides of the "harassment" issue. There's legit harassment and then there's also fabricated harassment.
A news article exposing illegal, illicit, or otherwise not nice behavior will not be removed just because someone doesn't like it. That is not harassment.
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.
But we’ve actually not been told we violated any specific harassment policy – just that some people complained.
So, what's the problem? Are the Reddit admins demanding something of you?
They imposed a restriction that now disallows anybody in the sub to reference ANY content on any other subreddit. This has made it difficult for us to use citations as evidence when discussing things - we've amassed a nice library of articles and references we use that now we're prohibited from referencing. It's a rather draconian restriction that was done with no notice. Probably a sign of things to come.
Seriously? Someone harassed that poor fellow who stepped down? That's awful. I read the story and it was bitter enough already, and now someone's gone and made it even worse.
Well, that's deeply disappointing 😞 I know there will always be bad actors, but I'm glad to see it being addressed early.
Have there been any consideration of linking the "What is Beehaw?" and "Beehaw is a Community" posts in the sign-up form? Maybe add a question asking them something about the instance's philosophy? I know those posts are in the sidebar, but I wonder if having it as part of the signup form will help put it front and center for those joining that Beehaw isn't just another link aggregator like Reddit? That bad behaviour tolerated on Reddit won't be tolerated here.
Thank you for your swift and decisive action on the matter. This kind of diligence will be essential during Lemmy's rapid growth. <3 you all for the good work you do here
not cool at all. most of us are here for a better, more positive environment.
Lionir, please tell the harassed individual that I (and many others) support them, and we appreciate their hard work. Most of us aren’t jerks.
I concur with your statement. Differing people and opinions belong here, but harrassment, hate speech, personal insults do not.
Thanks to both server admins and friendly users for helping keep beehaw a nice place to be.
Well said and thank you :)
Yeah, that's not cool.