Are calls to violence allowed on saidit?

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[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Saidit has rules. Socks broke them repeatedly, was warned for breaking rules, then broke them repeatedly again. How do you suggest we have rules if they are not enforced?

I don't think anyone is overly concerned with the rules so much as getting rid of socks. We're doing the same thing Reddit does, banning people who we disagree with.

But perhaps I'm wrong, I didn't see the comments in question. Is it something a reasonable person would honestly construe as a serious call to violence?

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Yes, she did this over and over again https://ibb.co/1r2dy1R

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That seems to me to be simply a case of "talking shit" about someone.

I don't think we should be banning anyone with the current user numbers so low unless it is over a legal issue -- a real legal issue, or spam. There's a point where there simply aren't enough people to sustain conversation. I don't see that we have the luxury of purging ideological opponents like a big forum can get away with.

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It's not about ideological opponents at all, it's about the fact that this potentially creates an existential crisis for saidit. If saidit gets shut down because we let one idiot run their mouth in a way that's literally illegal, then we all suffer. This is indeed a real legal issue as you mentioned, which is why I'm so strict about it. There is zero sense in putting all of saidit in jeopardy so one person can foam at the mouth with violent rage. Which is also breaking our rules we've had since day 1, which exist for that exact reason.

Also, stats show that saidit is slowly growing, so this concern about it dying out is ill-founded, thankfully. https://www.similarweb.com/website/saidit.net/#overview

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    [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Saidit won't grow catering to people advocating murder either... especially if that gets us shut down. I don't have all day to be giving people advocating murder 4th chances to participate in the community when they're clearly not acting in good faith. Let's get real. We have the rules for a reason, and they're useless unless enforced.