random mod is random

[prof_pangaea]

somehow i have just become co-mod of a new community, whoisms, which is for talking about doctor who and various isms. you know what i means by isms -- stuff to do with race, sex, class, gender, ableism, queer stuff, trans stuff, and all that kind of jazz. also intersectionality! that would be the word you could inscribe into a bat and then hit over my head if i was ever to say something like, "i can't have said something racist, don't you know I'M GAY?" which, by the way, i would never say because as far as i know i'm not a complete fool.

so obvs you should join. right now we are talking about people thinking the doctor could never be a woman because he is "essentially male" omg. because there is such a thing. oh wait no there isn't.

Comments

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I'm joining, but oh, this is going to be bad for my blood pressure...

[drho.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I want to be supportive, but unmoderated membership and unlocked posts will attract unpleasant elements.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i'm certainly not going to tolerate assholic posts/comments, both because that goes against the idea of the comm, and because i just don't have patience for them, so if unmoderated posting/membership ends up being a problem it will be changed. until then, we'll see.

[drho.livejournal.com]

Could I members lock a post, if I decide to post one?

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

of course! i'll make a note in the userinfo to reflect that.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's certainly going to attract a certain someone who thinks we're all Wrong on the Internet. But locking would also feed persecution complexes.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

I thought about those issues, but I don't want to keep out people who might be hesitant to join an unmoderated comm. In the event of wank, that will change.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

if current policies end up having bad effects on blood pressure, they will be changed. i say this not only for regular members but for myself.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Nothing in the policies, or I wouldn't have joined. But the topic is going to bring up high feelings sooner or later, no matter how politely phrased.