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SmashRadish t1_iundx5q wrote

Trying not to be hostile: Don’t be a tyrant and promise not to do so in future.

In 2000, Saparmurat Niyazov was advised to quite smoking by his Doctor. Being the president of a dictatorship, he banned smoking outright in the country of Turkmenistan. Don’t be Saparmurat Nayazov - post and let post* in spite of what is happening in your daily life.

*especially something so basic as bicycle themed posts. We’re not talking about neo-nazi how-to literature or legit Kanye quotes. We’re talking bicycles.

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xXyeahBoi69Xx t1_ixjvqdy wrote

I don't get what the example guy did wrong.

Edit: haha you blocked me so I couldn't read ur comment or respond, what did I do to you? Don't be childish.

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SmashRadish t1_ixkj7fu wrote

He banned smoking tobacco in his country because of his own personal feelings towards tobacco that day. Imagine having smoked your entire life and suddenly going cold turkey. Now imagine a country where 3/5 people went cold turkey all at the same time.

Can you see why making a decision like that is wrong? A decision that affects everyone (ban on smoking, ban on free discussion) is more dramatic and selfish than just taking care of yourself (quitting smoking without banning smoking for your whole country/not commenting on posts that make you upset)?

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taylorhayward_boston OP t1_iunzwya wrote

Thank you for your feedback. I look forward to coming up with a solution to some of the concerns on the sub over the next several days.

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defenestron t1_iuo3m4m wrote

> I look forward to coming up with a solution to some of the concerns on the sub over the next several days.

You don’t get it. We don’t want or trust you as a moderator. Why on Earth would we believe you’re suddenly going to hold yourself accountable next time? At least tell us what changed as you continue to not accept responsbility and deny wrongdoing. Why are you now asking for feedback and not banning people when they do?

You need to apologize and unban people. Full stop. This shouldn’t be something you need to think over.

It’s clear the most active members of this community no longer trust you. So why will we be at all interested in the rules you alone make after not moderating consistently for years and showing up just to abuse your power? Try and see this from our perspective.

Your comment should be:

> I’m am sorry to this community. I let my emotions get the better of me and ask you give me the opportunity to make things right and make our community better. I will be unbanning everyone who did not violate Reddit’s TOS. And while I’m not ready to step down as the sole moderator, I will be soon accepting applications for a moderation team to assist me with creating new community guidelines allow for more active and consistent moderation of /r/CambridgeMA going forward.

We all make mistakes. We all have moments where we would do things differently next time and what happened to you can be legitimately traumatizing. But you have yet to admit any fault or take accountability so you really cannot be trusted to do better next time.

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taylorhayward_boston OP t1_iuo5vsj wrote

Thank you for your feedback. Sometimes solutions to problems take time. Thanks for being patient.

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gophergun t1_iuqhgmy wrote

Taking responsibility and apologizing doesn't take any time at all.

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Milo_Xx t1_iur9ohg wrote

Stick that solution up your ass mate

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Lentamentalisk t1_iutez9w wrote

>Sometimes solutions to problems take time.

And sometimes all it takes is banning everyone who disagrees with you.

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SmashRadish t1_iuu5okj wrote

This thing got buried, but your post just put a huge smile on my face. Thank you for that, len

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