HooDat wrote:So, I have noticed a tremendous amping up of poster's exercise of their first amendment rights here in our new home!
thatsmell had this to say on another thread:
No one forbid [...] But we did whack posts when people couldn't hold a conversation about those topics in a civil, respectable manner. The name calling, taunting and flaming were the reasons some of your posts got whacked.
But you're no longer shackled by us pesky moderators any more. Please, post to your hearts content- display thy true self here!!!
I have been surprised by how much the moderators were actually having to step in to maintain the collegial tone that we all enjoyed on LP. I am not calling for moderator censorship - I myself have tested the boundaries (if no where else, at least on the joke thread). But I would say this:
Let's all breath a little before we hit the "submit" button. Flaming people with 100 meme posts or relentlessly trolling on a topic may be temporarily satisfying, but like donuts, if that is your entire diet you will get a tummy ache.....
the LP posting rules were vague enough to allow anything to be deleted that didn't fit a particular mods mood. Also, the "vacation" (temporary banning) was childish, especially for posts that were topical but contrarian to the mods viewpoints. Finally, it was clear that many LP posters had a longer leash than others.
Civility on many comment sections is severely lacking. banditto's use of words like "moron", however, must be taken in context. The collective "you" have to look in the mirror and ask, "could I have responded better" or "what counter argument could I make". Instead, we mostly get mocking in a cartoonish manner.
Also, When someone is posting a scientific data link, specific to the topic of, gee, say climate change, and that post is deemed "trolling" at best, deleted at worst, was par for the course from the LP mods. It brought about blandness and closemindeness. I fear it will infect this site as well. Please don't mod. The company we keep. Some have chest thumped the ignore function like it's a show of courage. It proves to me that you have little imagination and investigative skills. Banditto is crass and often illogical. But not to ever be able to read and learn what others think is just decades of missionary position, and nothing else. Blandness. By ignoring or demeaning others posts, you are literally no different than the people you think you are better than.
