On Discourse rules about politics
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Recently, our moderators made the decision to remove the word “queer” from a user’s introduction post here on Discourse. In the moderator discussion with this user, the moderators also advised the user to remove a trans pride flag from their profile pic. This was a mistake and we apologize for that. We have updated our posting guidelines and CoC enforcement processes to better reflect our diversity policy. Ubuntu’s diversity policy is meant to ensure individuals can be honest about their identi...

Was surprised no one bothered to post this give how big of a reaction this story got.

Wanted to post the update and correction cause that deserves to be seen just as much. This seems like a reasonable, thoughtful handling of the issue.

I still don’t really wanna use Ubuntu though 😅

  • Cris@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    15·
    1 day ago

    Edit: why are y’all downvoting them for being out of the loop?? Lemmy get your shit together

    They don’t- a moderator to an online ubuntu forum community (that recently became official) misapplied a rule about keeping things apolitical as meaning someone shouldn’t describe themselves as queer.

    Ubuntu has made a statement correcting the interpretation made by the moderator

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      5 hours ago

      thanks. I had the same question as the person you replied to here. People should be able to describe themselves however they want.

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      8·
      10 hours ago

      Isn’t everything political these days. So you’d be able to talk about nothing.

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        5 hours ago

        I have been to several interviews for in office positions. I have no issue with in office positions but I get the feeling they don’t like my “political” position of wearing a mask.

      • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        7 hours ago

        That’s the whole point of that rule. It’s taboo to discuss things in polite conversation that those in power don’t want you to discuss.

        • Cris@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          11·
          5 hours ago

          I think it’s unfair to say that’s the point of the rule on a foss project’s discussion forum

          Political discourse online gets really fucking toxic really quickly 😅 often driven by entirely legitimate anger and hurt over the state of the world, but we can’t just pretend it’s all an evil conspiracy by big Ubuntu to silence us.

          Folks on the internet consistently demonstrate through behaviour why “no politics” is almost always a rule anywhere where folks might perceive it to be off topic, whether one thinks it’s the correct ruling or not (it’s entirely valid to feel it should be allowed even though it brings out the worst in people, though I’m sure that would put incredible strain on moderators given the internet baseline of interpersonal compassion)

          And the places online where folks do discuss it? Can quickly get extremely unpleasant, or develop an inescapable undercurrent of hostility that starts to permeate all other interactions on the platform.

          Personally I think actually productive political conversation is almost always emotionally laborious, and it’s important to be able to step away from the political aspects of things and catch your breath, even though everything is political. But everything being political doesn’t mean it’s healthy for every conversation to be political, that’s a recipe for burnout and people acting like their worst selves, which is counter productive to pretty much any meaningful political goal.