• Dremor@lemmy.world
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          18 hours ago

          He is not. But he is a regular, who posts hight quality content most of the time, and is well known for that.

          So which side would we chose? A random guy trying to gatekeep for some personal reason a valid content, or someone who consistently post high quality content, participate in the community while, with some exception, consistently respecting the rules?

          Such a difficult question…

          I realized I probably badly explained my point here. I will not act differently for someone well known in the community or someone new. The rules are the rules.

          The unwelcome behaviour here is the gatekeeping. Videos are welcome, as are links to article or plain text posts.

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              24 hours ago

              You break a rule, we remove the offending content, that our role. Same goes for him, he insults you, he got his comment removed.

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                19 hours ago

                This mod comment is in contrast to your previous mod comment, where you were publicly weighing the commentors status in the community to gauge whether to take fair action.

                While I agree with OP, I’m glad to see “if yoire a dick, you get treated equally” win out.

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                  18 hours ago

                  You are right, I shouldn’t have put it this way. The most important is for all to be equal before the rules.

                  But I agree with simple, the act of gatekeeping because of what kind of content is shared is not welcome.

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                    18 hours ago

                    Agreed. The media is the message. I watched most of the video and it was fascinating in a way an article would not be, largely because the video isn’t just a description of a piece of art, but rather a piece of art on its own.

                    An article could still be interesting and maybe excellent, but it’s an oddly entitled thing to demand that someone offering you art go find a different type of art you like better.