https://lemmy.world/post/22802143
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(Context: lemmy.world/c/support post)
Title: Moderation not keeping up with influx of violent rhetoric following the assassination of the UHC CEO.
I am seeing a huge increase in posts and comments that incite violence, make threats of violence against specific people, or that celebrate real-world instances of violence and murder. There are hundreds of comments on this instance posted over the past day that brazenly violate rule #1 “We do not tolerate threats of and calls for violence in any form against any living creature”.
Many offending comments have been dealt with by mods, but some mods are seemingly allowing this violent rhetoric in their respective sub-communities. There are many active threads about the UHC CEO right now on lemmy.world that are filled with violent rule-breaking comments, and very little visible moderation.
Given that the mods are either unable or unwilling to enforce this most fundamental content rule, when can we expect the admins to get involved and start handing out bans to the users that have been celebrating murder and inciting more violence? It’s pretty out of control right now, and I’m betting that the admins could find themselves in hot water with the authorities if this continues to go unchecked.
I do think it makes sense for communists specifically to abstain from adventurism, especially this early in things. We’re the best equipped to actually build an ideologically principled movement. Our movements face enough heat without being tied to adventurism, and also adventurism probably has a bigger impact when the perpetrator is perceived as a regular person and not an agent of a radical political movement.