You’re the one who’s going to moderate the community, if you don’t want to remove comments or permaban anybody then don’t. There are plenty of us here that will support you and the community regardless of your decision.
However, please make the rules clear, e.g. three strikes and you’re banned for a month or for fifty years. It’s impossible to make everyone happy and FWIW I appreciate what you’re doing.
@sad_detective_man likes having Uplifting News on his feed, as do I; @OpenStars, @Kolanaki and @oeuf made very good points regarding enforcement, respite and sanctuary; I echo @frongt and @chiocciola’s comments about removal and personal attacks; @CrazM13 and @Sh00Fly made a valid point about sympathy and empathy but unfortunately not everyone is capable of empathy which is partially how we got here; I do like this: “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” That covers a lot of ground…
Something similar happened to !cooking@lemmy.world a few months ago and the mods ended up sending an announcement that included this:
Here’s the link: https://threadiverse.link/lemmy.world/post/32937669
You’re the one who’s going to moderate the community, if you don’t want to remove comments or permaban anybody then don’t. There are plenty of us here that will support you and the community regardless of your decision.
However, please make the rules clear, e.g. three strikes and you’re banned for a month or for fifty years. It’s impossible to make everyone happy and FWIW I appreciate what you’re doing.
@sad_detective_man likes having Uplifting News on his feed, as do I; @OpenStars, @Kolanaki and @oeuf made very good points regarding enforcement, respite and sanctuary; I echo @frongt and @chiocciola’s comments about removal and personal attacks; @CrazM13 and @Sh00Fly made a valid point about sympathy and empathy but unfortunately not everyone is capable of empathy which is partially how we got here; I do like this: “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” That covers a lot of ground…