• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlOP
    112·
    8 months ago

    I absolutely do not care AT ALL about that forum, the only reason why I was even there is because they were the most relevant link for “security key steam login”
    Just like I absolutely do not care, at all, not even at little bit about “https://lemmy.ml/c/steam”, this is just where the discussion is happening at this present moment.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      14·
      8 months ago

      Then don’t be surprised when moderators remove you when you don’t want to actually be a member of a community. The forums are there for the community. They’re not there for a Google SEO

        • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
          4·
          8 months ago

          It comes down to what people’s goals are: people run a forum, a discussion platform, because they want to see a community thrive. They want to see people interact. They want to be part of that interaction. Either through social means, or special interest, or aligned goals. They want a community.

          Moderation fits into those goals, because it keeps the conversation relevant to the community that is being grown. Moderators are curators of a garden.

          The internet is filled with totally unmoderated content, that would be your random blogger website that Google also indexes. The reason there’s value in the communities is because of the moderation, because of the focus, because of being kept on topic, because of the spam removal. That’s why Google sees those results as more relevant. That’s why you want to be there.

          Usenet and blogs exist right now, without moderation… you could use them