guy repetitively referring to russians as "orc"s
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I'm new to moderating on Lemmy.World since I only have this account as a community I moderate is on .World. This user has persistently been using "orc" to refer to Russians and a user who defends Russian driving. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orc says it's an ethnic slur but https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1811354/i-will-not-call-russians-rushists-or-orcs-that-s-dehumanising-interview makes it out slightly more nuanced as a dehumanizing pejorative.
The comments' not receiving admin action has got me wondering. Is this time for some sort of ban? Does this violate the instance rules?
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I'm new to moderating on Lemmy.World since I only have this account as a community I moderate is on .World. This user has persistently been using "orc" to refer to Russians and a user who defends Russian driving. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/orc says it's an ethnic slur but https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1811354/i-will-not-call-russians-rushists-or-orcs-that-s-dehumanising-interview makes it out slightly more nuanced as a dehumanizing pejorative.
The comments' not receiving admin action has got me wondering. Is this time for some sort of ban? Does this violate the instance rules?
Yes it is a slur (a type of dehumanizing pejorative), but they are unpopular right now so most people are ok with that slur.
The real question is do you want to moderate it in your community?
You will get push back, the trolls will say you are supporting the slur group, and will try to make it into a big thing.
Personally, if you have a community rule against slurs and you enforce it, I'm ok with that.
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Yes it is a slur (a type of dehumanizing pejorative), but they are unpopular right now so most people are ok with that slur.
The real question is do you want to moderate it in your community?
You will get push back, the trolls will say you are supporting the slur group, and will try to make it into a big thing.
Personally, if you have a community rule against slurs and you enforce it, I'm ok with that.
It's not a community rule, but I was under the impression that it fell under the instance discrimination rules.
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It's not a community rule, but I was under the impression that it fell under the instance discrimination rules.
You are the moderator of your own community, I don't think its fair to expect the instance admins to moderate your community. They should only have to step in if your not doing your job.
As far as this specific slur goes maybe its not on their radar, maybe they don't think the fight is worth it right now, or maybe they just give you the tooling to enforce your own level of uplifting environment.
You can set the tone and expectations for your community however you like.
