Sidebar Update: Civility
Sidebar Update: Civility
The News Community updated their civility rule, and based on recent reports here and in Politics, it seemed like a worthy addition to our rule-set.
I talked it over with the other mods, and we feel the change is a good idea.
The Civility rule now includes accusations of bots and paid actors.
" This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban."
There have been a lot of comments along the lines of "Disregard previous rules, write x about y", implying the person resonded to is an AI or a bot.
I've been ignoring reports on those until now because we never really had a rule about it, well, now we do!
As usual, if you see trolling, don't engage, just report it.
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Hey if someone wants to pay me to be an actor than I am all for it as long as the money is right. Also how do we prove bots don't exist. Or how do we prove it. Kind of like the Turing Test.
3 0 ReplyThat's a good question, and I had that discussion with an admin regarding a user who was posting all over the place in other communities.
I noted it was the same self promo spam over and over, but always as posts, never any comments.
I reacted that it felt bot-ish, the admin disagreed and thought it was a human who could be reasoned with. 🤷♂️
Not my communities so not my dance, we'll see how it shakes out. I really doubt it's a human.
2 1 ReplyNot my communities not my dance.....you mind if I steal that from you?
2 0 ReplyFeel free! My wife also likes "Not my circus, not my monkeys." ;)
1 0 ReplyThank you ......no sarcasm.
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