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Someone in a position of power showing it to be safe to interact with people who had the infection was still a pretty big deal at the time.

Definitely. I’m referring specifically to the medical risk she believed she was facing, not the value of her actions.

She used her platform to remind the public that AIDS sufferers were safe and to destigmatize them - she deserves praise for that.

Comparing her to a theoretical Jesus who could not have known he faced no medical risk is fair, but the difference is that she knew she was at no risk.

Apparently Princess Di started her AIDS advocacy work in the late 80s. As far as I understand, we knew HIV was sexually transmitted in the early 80s.

So there is a bit of a difference - Princess Di knew she was safe shaking the hand of someone with AIDS, whereas anyone hanging out with lepers around 0 AD, probably wouldn’t have known whether they were safe.

I’m not saying that to diminish Princess Di’s advocacy, but there is a difference in the expected risk. It may be fair to argue that Jesus would have plot armour thanks to being a demi-god (or the chosen of one), so he wouldn’t really be assuming risk either.

Mods on other communities have complained that they’re getting posts with images of CSAM or dead bodies.

Lemmy definitely needs a good new user experience, but tooling to address problems mods are suffering seems worthwhile.

Having said that, I don’t see anything in this proposal that would directly address those issues.

I’m not sure I’d use the phrase “privilege escalation” here, since it has a generally agreed upon meaning. Perhaps something like “gradual access”, “delayed privilege”, or something similar.

I’m not a mod. The complaints I’ve heard from mods have mostly come from image or news communities that are inundated with disturbing images (CSAM, dead bodies). If I were volunteering and I had to look at that shit, I think I’d quit on the spot.

Maybe tooling that addresses those needs would be worthwhile.

I found Zulip to be much more intuitive than Slack.