We are a moderation service for Bluesky with the goal of improving social media for progressive queer folks and leftists who wholeheartedly enjoy Japanese anime, manga, games, hentai, fan art, and doujin works containing controversial genres, themes, character types, relationships, fan service, or anything else that is reviled by some for its supposed immorality. We think it is bad to stigmatize our interest in controversial fiction because such stigma leads both to tedious discourse and to harassment.
Moe Moderation đ's group of moderators can, proactively or from user reports, place labels on individual posts and entire accounts. Only users who subscribe will see our labels and every subscriber chooses themselves which labels they care about and what effects those labels have on the visibility of posts or users. The labels we make use of are available on our moderation service's profile.
Due to the nature of what we moderate we make heavy use of labels on user accounts. These labels are visible as a warning on a user's profile and above all of their posts, unless you as a subscriber elect to hide the warnings. You can also choose to entirely hide posts by these users.
Labels we place on posts will hide the contents and display a warning message instead. The warning message can easily be dismissed if you want to read the post. You can disable warnings for specific labels, or alternatively hide all posts with a label.
First make sure you are subscribed to our moderation service.
Click the three-dot menu next to a user profile or a post and select report account/post. Select Moe Moderation đ, click other (unless another option is applicable), enter the reason for the report unless it is entirely obvious, and click send report.
First make sure you are subscribed to our moderation service. Due to current Bluesky limitations this is a requirement for appealing a label. We also cannot yet respond to appeals directly, but we do see them all.
To appeal a label on your account or your inclusion in a block list, open your profile and click the banner notifying you that there are labels placed on your account. To appeal a label on a post, click the banner notifying you that there are labels places on your post. Click the appeal button next to the label and enter your reason for appealing.
For an appeal to be succesful you will have to show that you or your post does not fulfill the criteria of the label. If you have had a change of heart about what got you labeled then please elaborate on that.
We believe that fiction should be allowed to be weird, including depicting actions, scenarios, fantasies, etc. which would be immoral if carried out towards real people. We do not believe that a work of fiction itself can be meaningfully immoral. We expect people to be able to seperate the real world from fictional worlds and to understand that someone's fantasies and interests in fiction often does not reflect how they interact with people in real life.
We strongly believe that harassment and stigma towards people who enjoy controversial fiction is unacceptable and way too common on social media. We think it is silly how much energy is put into drama about these subjects when people have the ability to block and move on. Our goal is to keep those who would annoy, harass, or harm us away, so that we can peacefully discuss our controversial fiction on social media.
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Moe is a strong, affectionate, often fetishistic response towards the cuteness of young and young-looking fictional characters. A significant chunk of all anime girls created within the last couple decades are designed with a moe appeal in mind.
We named ourselves Moe Moderation đ because a lot of the targets of the kind of negativity we moderate against are moe anime. Also, .moe is the only top-level domain name that is officially anime and our services have a strong weeb focus.
Moe Moderation đ publishes a moderation label and block list for reactionaries and bigots who defend controversial fiction. Regardless of what "side" it happens on, we do not tolerate bigotry.
The people you see publicly defend controversial fiction on social media are the outspoken ones, often the ones who go out of their way to harass those with a dislike for controversial fiction. Most progressives do not feel the need to constantly defend ourselves or attack those who think differently. For the most part we simply enjoy our controversial fiction in peace among friends. This means that you are much less likely to notice us.
Furthermore, a lot of progressives fear harassment and exclusion if they openly talk about the controversial fiction they enjoy, even among their friend groups. Among the staff of Moe Moderation đ we are personally aware of those who have experienced physical assault, doxxing, swatting, persistent online harassment, loss of job opportunities, and exclusion from friend groups due to their interest in "immoral" cartoons... Cartoons.
Given how many progressives are queer or are otherwise marginalized, any attack like this runs a great risk of harm. It is not strange that many of us would elect to keep our interest in controversial fiction hidden.
Absolutely not. The goal of Moe Moderation đ is first and foremost to minimize conflict and prevent everything from annoyance to harm. By labeling those who take issue with controversial fiction, our subscribers can know with whom not to carelessly engage in discussion with about these topics, and by collectively blocking those who are actively hostile towards us we aim to prevent conflict.
Unfortunately, among those who defend controversial fiction there are those who regularly choose to seek out and harass those posting anything negative about such works. This is common among reactionaries and bigots, but there are some progressives who also engage in this behavior.
Moe Moderation đ publishes a moderation label for progressives who have repeatedly harassed those posting something negative about controversial fiction. Regardless of what "side" it happens on, we do not tolerate harassment.
Well, we will just have to agree to disagree on that one. If you truly think that our interests are immoral then our request is that you simply leave us alone. Out of sight, out of mind. Whatever fictional crimes we are committing cannot be worth spending your time and energy on.
We are completely okay with you muting us when you see us and we recommend you look into finding a repetuable moderation service that can help you avoid us. We welcome good faith moderation services who want to label us, provided the labels are accurate and don't make any unjustified (and libelous!) claims about danger or predatory behavior.
A lot of people have something wrong with them... If the worst thing that is wrong with us is the fiction we enjoy then arguably we are doing pretty good all in all.
Assuming, for the sake of it, that there is something "wrong" with us, is that morally wrong? Are we harming anyone by being "wrong?" Are we somehow a danger to you or anyone else because of the fiction we enjoy...? In our view, that notion is patently absurd. What someone enjoys in fiction is rarely morally relevant.
It is also worth mentioning that there is a significant amount of us who enjoy certain scenarios in fiction because of their resemblance to situations in which we have ourselves been abused. Someone who antagonizes people for their enjoyment or creation of controversial fiction will, given time, end up antagonizing an abuse survivor about our coping mechanisms. This is impossible to prevent without making the absurd demand that we publicly announce our trauma for everyone to know and scrutinize.
If you do not want to engage with any controversial fiction, or those of us who talk about such works, for any reason, that is entirely your choice and you have our full understanding. Abuse survivors should be supported and it is important that you take the actions you need to in order to feel safe.
With that said, controversial fiction is not abuse. Someone enjoying fiction and talking about it is not your abuser, full stop. There is nothing immoral about having strong reactions to fiction, but not all feelings that emerge from such trauma are reasonable. It is simply not reasonable to demand that others not enjoy controversial fiction just because if you happened to read the same work you would end up hurt. Every person is different and it is important to respect that.