I'm slightly offended that you'd assume that, once I explicitly said I would only stop spam, I would use my hypothetical authority to stop non-spam.
You're right, I think racist, sexist, and homophobic content should not be permitted to thrive unchecked. You're right, I think enforcement of the rules against attack speech should be enforced more thoroughly. And? I've got a decade-long 18000-post history with this account and the accompanying incentive to *not* get my ass banned for abuse of power in a stupid way that I've specifically offered to not do. And since I know that my very Canadian attitude towards attack speech isn't popular, I'm willing to *not enforce it* in pursuit of *blocking the spam that's been in this community just about every time I've looked, for weeks*.
I don't care if I'm not picked. I just want someone around who *will* delete spam, and I'm volunteering to do that if nobody better can be found. Will you delete spam? I vote you! I will happily ping you and if the spam disappears in a reasonable time, I'm happy.
My appreciation and enjoyment of this community hasn't been meaningfully impacted by the amount of spam I've seen.
This is a position that is not universal.
I'm open to arguments to the contrary, but for some reason, no one seems to be offering any.
Of course we're offering them. "Spam sucks. Spam should never be displayed longer than is strictly necessary. It's a criminal failure of LJ that members can't report spam in communities. Communities with spam are unpleasant. Politicartoons allows spam to stand for days because there are no moderators. Therefore, the community requries more active moderators, for the purpose of eliminating spam and spammers".
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You're right, I think racist, sexist, and homophobic content should not be permitted to thrive unchecked. You're right, I think enforcement of the rules against attack speech should be enforced more thoroughly. And? I've got a decade-long 18000-post history with this account and the accompanying incentive to *not* get my ass banned for abuse of power in a stupid way that I've specifically offered to not do. And since I know that my very Canadian attitude towards attack speech isn't popular, I'm willing to *not enforce it* in pursuit of *blocking the spam that's been in this community just about every time I've looked, for weeks*.
I don't care if I'm not picked. I just want someone around who *will* delete spam, and I'm volunteering to do that if nobody better can be found. Will you delete spam? I vote you! I will happily ping you and if the spam disappears in a reasonable time, I'm happy.
My appreciation and enjoyment of this community hasn't been meaningfully impacted by the amount of spam I've seen.
This is a position that is not universal.
I'm open to arguments to the contrary, but for some reason, no one seems to be offering any.
Of course we're offering them. "Spam sucks. Spam should never be displayed longer than is strictly necessary. It's a criminal failure of LJ that members can't report spam in communities. Communities with spam are unpleasant. Politicartoons allows spam to stand for days because there are no moderators. Therefore, the community requries more active moderators, for the purpose of eliminating spam and spammers".
Did you miss some or all of those?