EDIT : !loneliness@lemmy.today has been created . The /c/ will also work as suicide watch. It was @wesker@lemmy.world 's idea to change the /c/ to include lonely people more .

I have been wondering why lemmy has nothing that is active and modded (which is bad for a /c/ like that ) . But i don’t wanna have any fall back from the law as i am quite brock atm so is there any such risk ? I am proposing this idea and will only carry on according to what majority thinks .

EDIT: Edited a bit which may have been misleading and because one user draw my attention it do reread if you have read the post before so you don’t get any wrong idea.

  • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    8 months ago

    I think the burden with complying with the law is mostly on the instance owners and less so on you. But you’re also responsible for what you do.

    I’d be more concerned with the responsibility this comes with. You absolutely need to moderate it properly. And you need to do it right or you’re doing your audience a disservice.

    I don’t think there is any shame in trying… If you can assure you’re doing it somewhat properly.

    • Morpheus@lemmy.todayOP
      3·
      8 months ago

      Yes i do want to help those kinds of people that is one of the sole reason i took this subject as my study but if a troll or something harms the user while i am asleep that could be bad and will cause ethical and (i don’t know fr ) legal issues for me .

      • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        8 months ago

        I’m not sure when it gets to the legal side of things. It’s probably really difficult (as it’s always the case with law ;-) depends on the jurisdiction of the harmed user, the instance’s jurisdiction and yours. And the case-specific details.

        I’m not a lawyer but I’d say it’s not necessarily you in the line. Even if you willed the specific community into existence. The instance owner is providing the service. And it’s also them having the final say in things and they have the logs if something goes wrong. And the actual offense is also commited by somebody else. So it’s primarily their responsibility.

        I think I’m more concerned with the ethical side. And if I were you I’d pay attention it doesn’t interfere with the career. So I’d stay pseudonymous and not use my real name.

        You’re probably more qualified than some other random person. And always thinking about the negative extreme isn’t getting people anywhere. It’s more the people who just try things who succeed. And sometimes great things come from it. That’d be arguments to do it. In your cases there are bad consequences if you do it wrong. This isn’t the case for casual conversation on Lemmy, but you can also really help people.

        Some Ideas: Try distributing the responsibility over more shoulders. Some communities have mods spread across the ocean so there’s someone awake most of the time. And on Lemmy there are lots of people from the USA and from Germany. And you can manage expectations. Tell people what to expect and how to handle negative experiences. That enables them to make a decision for themselves.

        I’d like to add that is just my opinion and what my common sense provides me with. So despite me wording this a bit factually, it’s just my 2 cents.