The thing about moderation is that when someone has a vision for a community they envision it with their own values and since everyone has atleast slightly different values and opinions, they run their community how they want. (Granted everyone must still follow the basic rule of civility). Each instance is run in its own way, yet united/federated to work with each other, until one doesn’t seem to work and then it gets defederated from the “network” of instances. But an instance is only as good as the communities that it is made up of. When one community allows too much freedom (if that is even possible) we decide to see what we want. Then, the ones moderating have a choice whether to allow it or not, in accordance with the instances ToS lest the community itself get in hot water.

So, their is a good place for moderation, in balance and yet moderators will still take liberties into their own hands and remove or ban at their own discretion within their own interpretation of the instances rules and their own set rules of the community they are moderating. This becomes a problem when it comes to the struggle between freedom of speech/expression and the best judgement of the moderators. It can become unfair, it can seem unjust but that is the point of having decentralized social media. Anyone can create their own server and run it as they please and, given the right moderation and governance, can remain connected to the other instances without fear of defederation.

So, it is not Lemmy but rather the instance that you choose that actually can matter in this sense. Other than that, I suggest joining an instance that aligns with your values. But it must be noted that their is a lot to be said about miscommunication and the difference between spoken word and that of written text. It is easy to misinterpret where a person might be coming from, easy for someone to express themselves haphazardly and easy for a moderator to see where a comment could be taken in offense. This is where the judgement of a moderator must either be trusted or at the very least, tolerated. Otherwise we have no civil rights on this platform.

Imagine if someone, meaning no harm said something yet another interpreted it in offense, or someone said something insensitive toward a particular group of people yet meant no harm, wanted it to be a lighthearted joke. But you have person B who has dealt with this hate or argumentative nature, which ever the case for their entire life. Now they have a choice whether to respond and defend or let go.

On one hand, they might let everything go and, if everyone did this, Lemmy would be this cesspool of the hostile and grotesque–something Lemmy never stood for. On the other if everyone defended themselves civily and without taking offense, then Lemmy would be perfect, but it is not… We can choose to take offense, it can still hurt to get our comment removed, but we must know why it was removed. This adds more work to an unpaid moderator who has to put their extra time into discerning what to leave and what to remove.

As time goes on and rules become solidified by each person gradually testing a communities limitations, this is what brings Lemmy closer to either a utopia or a dystopia. So, each of us has a responsibility. Do we want Lemmy to be the Orwellian society that is like Reddit or do we put in effort to make it the community, unlike others, that promotes both freedom of speech, civility, innovation and information, connection and positive engagement that is most assumably the vision that Lemmy is supposed to be?

Edit: flow, typos.

I think my life is stochastic enough. I need more predictability.

No, I punched walls when I was a kid for fun anger. But it is understandable for a young person to be rebellious and malicious as we almost all were. There are different levels. the main thing is looking back and realizing it was wrong and wanting to change. There are no bad people in this world, there are just people who do bad things.

No, it means you are responsible enough to look back and realize what you want to change in life. A bad person wouldn’t understand that they did anything wrong. Also, we’ve all did mischievous things when we were young .

I gotta get a pixel

Yea, I can’t believe it is happening to so many people. I got so many loan calls today it is not even funny

I once asked ChatGPT how it (AI) works. It gave me the tools needed to get the right results. There were books on prompt engineering free online. But I decided after reading them that it was easier to have AI teach me to use AI…better. that’s the LLMs. On the other hand for image generation, it takes persistence and priority. If the prompt is too complicated, it will do its own thing. If it is too simple, it will do its own thing. After a lot of practice getting to know how it outputs images you will find the right, or close results. Emphasis on close. Leonardo.ai is my favorite.

Edit: if you don’t believe you are creative enough, prone the LLM for ideas. Ask it to make the prompt. They are finnicky

I used it to teach me app script and it was 90 percent accurate

Have they given you anything creative that was good. I also, used it to make a meal plan and make a work schedule as an Excel doc, then it just needed a few edits.

They help me make better searches. I use ChatGPT to get a good idea of what better to search for based on my inquiry. It tells me what I am looking for, and then just use a search engine based on that.

Also, taught me some python and appscript. Currently learning and testing its capabilities in JavaScript teaching. And, yes I test out everything it gives me. It is best to output small blocks of code and lice it together. Hoping for the best and then, 3 years later finally create an app lol because that is on my end. Still working on an organization app. 80 percent accurate on following complete directions in this case.

Mr. Needful

Turkish march, is that Mozart?

Best with a side of VPN.

I first watched JCs standup about edibles while I happened to be high off edibles, lol. LMFAO. Dude always makes me laugh.

Check out the YouTube channel 'Don’t Tell Comedy’s some pretty funny comedians on there. My favorite is JC Currais: https://youtu.be/3A4TLB7pDm4?si=ppY5EzsxrbZsLVWk

It sounds a lot deeper than not being able to spell a particular word. Spelling is the number one thing many college students have in common, so it is common to not be able to spell something. Main reason autocorrect and spell check is a thing in tech. I can see why you would be embarrassed due to the pressure of an audience.

Intelligence isn’t measured that way. Just tell them you were having a bad day and if they don’t give you another chance, they are not worth the trouble.

I got a temp sitewide ban on Reddit. I created this account and when the ban lifted, I deleted my account, made a new one just to observe and not participate. Only some subreddits I miss. They don’t exist yet on Lemmy or they are dead here.

Freddy Krueger was two people. I thought it was like Dr. Frankenstein and his monster. I thought it was Dr. Krueger and Freddy was the monster he created. When I saw the movie I was like where’s his creator, the one that brought him to life?

Cam here to say this. The beat was catchy the first time I heard it but it is so annoying when they repeat the same thing 200 times in a song. Not creative at all .

‘Only 4 inches’ for being called ‘largest’ lol. I am still jealous of the barnacle.