Should I moderate communities like a bot? (lemm.ee)

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I made this post saying that we should bend community rules sometime, but it get downvoted, so I think most Lemmy users disagree. I'm kinda confused - should I remove posts and ban users if they break rules even slightly?

For example, this post on !internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee doesn't actually fit the community rules, but I didn't delete it because it was made in good faith.

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[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 23 hours ago

The problem with bending established rules is that you now own that behavior and condone it.

That being said and as others have noted, it might help to give yourself some wiggle room in the rules.

You might also want to think about creating a moderation team so you've got a group of people to bounce ideas off of. Acting unilaterally against what most of your community wants generally kills most communities.

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