Many of the existing mods have become inactive and the Lemmy.world community team asked me to step in as an active member.
You should know because I need you to report rule violations. I’ve done my best to clean up the backlog and will be keeping an eye out.
I’ve never really sought out being a mod before, other than trying to start a more niche community or two. I’d appreciate a little grace while I try to navigate how to best provide this service to the community.
What are your views on Israel? And would having an opinion of one side or the other result in a permaban?
Just kidding, good luck. Hope you don’t have to deal with too many gooners and their search for social media infighting.
I am not antisemitic, and I do not believe criticism of Israel is equivalent to antisemitism. Being open, I was devastated when I heard about the October 7th attacks, both thinking of the Israeli victims and how the Israeli government would use it to justify what they are doing now.
That said, I will treat blatant antisemitism as I would any other flavor of racism. That includes antisemitic conspiracy theories. There was a lot of that kind of mess in the backlog.
Its a tough line to navigate sometimes, hence my request for some grace.
Good luck! Im a new mod in a different com, and boy are backlogs scary stuff.
We appreciate you, roofuskit!
Antisemitism is not a “flavor” of racism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
It is, but its still the root of the commonly used “Antisemitism.”
Yes, it is. Unless you mean to focus on the religious element over the racial.