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.

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[–] [S] 62 points 6 months ago (7 children)

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.

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  • [+] -17 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Antisemitism is not a "flavor" of racism.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)