Mx Amber Alex (she/it) 😷 on Nostr: Because at the end of the day? We *built* this fucking place. Us, moderators. You've ...

Because at the end of the day?

We *built* this fucking place. Us, moderators.

You've written the software. You've popularised the protocol. You got the fancy logos and the legally different Discord purple and the EU grants or whatever.

But we *built* the fucking atmosphere. You may have sent up the rocket, but we terraformed the planet. We water the seeds you so carelessly toss at us. Without us, the people who volunteer and sacrifice their free time, and at times, their mental health; who sign up to wade through interpersonal feuds, who read racist tirades, who swallow down swastikas and genocide fantasies, who do this job knowing any day it may be their turn to be hit in the face with CSAM that will haunt their nightmares… without us, this entire goddamn network would be uninhabitable.

And you take us for fucking granted.

You don't consult us when you introduce new "features". You shut your doors when we ask you to make our job easier. You don't waste a single thought about us when you chase endless growth.

Oh, the moderators, yeah, I guess those exist. I never noticed them, idk, I don't see any problems around here. I'm cozy on my flagship instance, I act like the weekly spam waves are just a bout of bad weather.

We, we fucking made this place one that you are welcome in. We are investing our time, our energy, our nerves, to maintain something we love, to nurse an atmosphere in which you can be at peace.

This is our fucking network. If we all quit at once, you would be so busy blocking spam and harassment, you couldn't even post your bullshit inspo stock photos.

Toss some good tools to your moderator, because at some point, when people burn out faster than new volunteers can sign up, you will learn the value of good moderation the hard way.

Fucking. LISTEN.

#MastoMod