Been using Lemmy for a couple of years, not seen this once.

Also, the ux is pretty much the same as Reddit.

These people are just stakeholders in Reddit. They are afraid of change, or losing any rep they have. They sit on a pile of useless upvotes.

Calling people “normies” as if Nintendo products and video games in general aren’t mass market items.

Ick.

I know. I’m very used to antipodean maps that invert the hemispheres.

The Egyptians used to map the Nile that way too.

Just feels odd to do it in this case.

I wouldn’t turn it upside down, North is still North.

But below the border it would just say, “here be fuds”.

The last preserve of white guy dreadlocks?

Really enjoy the lengths birds will go to just to avoid the UK.

Hey, the idea might have been a bit dodgy, but you are made of better stuff.

Credit to you.

No moderation without representation. IOW: mods should be democratically elected.

Yeah, no.

Don’t turn this into a popularity contest. One that can be bought and cheesed.

Who has time for oversight on that? Why not voter id too.

Is this first past the post or proportional representation?

Term limits, right? Does that include a hand over? How much of their term will be spent getting up to speed?

Where is the incentive to someone starting their own community if it is going to be taken from them when they’ve put in hard work for no money. Should they not be rewarded for their labour?

Will the inherent democratisation of communities alter the content posted on them? Should we place bans in meta-political posts that support only the incumbent mod?

What if they choose not to leave? Insurrection? Send in the troops?

My friend, I say this genuinely, you are trying to police the internet. Don’t. It’s a folly.

You have the power to walk away. You have the power to start your own community.

Do it and run it better.

And back to the democracy thing… Democracy is a wonderful thing in the governance of human civilization… It’s not a fix for every situation you encounter that you don’t like. It often means instead of having one asshole to deal with you’ll get a carousel of different assholes on a regular basis.