Is GAF too strict?

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Honestly, I feel like this forum passed a point of no-return a year or two ago, and it's never going back. The moderation favored cohesion and acceptance-at-all-costs over lively debate, and now we're reaping the rewards.

For a forum that rails on about "privilege" so much in its many forms, there seems to be a particular sort of privilege that goes unmentioned and is even encouraged: the empowerment of certain groups to get outraged and berate others who don't share their view with impunity.

Controversial topics have become toxic, and controversial opinions (that being anything outside the progressive way of framing the world) even more so. Almost every time the outcome is predetermined: posters trip over themselves to quote dogpile a dissenting view into oblivion and derail a thread in order to show some sort of holier-than-thou high-mindedness.

There's rarely anything constructive gained from such posting; it turns the thread into a "race-to-the-bottom" mess, where the instigator (who is sometimes simply misinformed or naive, but often coming from a completely different point of view) comes off looking better and less antagonistic than those who supposedly know better. And most of this stems from posters thinking the worst of other posters and not bothering to hear them out beyond a single post (except for the GAF celebrities).

It makes me stay away from participating in any semblance of a discussion concerning serious issues.

Anyway, back to your irregularly-scheduled bloodlust countdown.
 
Honestly, I feel like this forum passed a point of no-return a year or two ago, and it's never going back. The moderation favored cohesion and acceptance-at-all-costs over lively debate, and now we're reaping the rewards.

Controversial topics have become toxic, and controversial opinions (that being anything outside the progressive way of framing the world) even more so. Almost every time the outcome is predetermined: posters trip over themselves to quote dogpile a dissenting view into oblivion and derail a thread in order to show some sort of holier-than-thou high-mindedness.

For a forum that rails on about "privilege" so much in its many forms, there seems to be a particular sort of privilege that goes unmentioned and is even encouraged: the empowerment of certain groups to get outraged and berate others who don't share their view with impunity.

It makes me stay away from participating any semblance of a discussion concerning serious issues.

Anyway, back to your irregularly-scheduled bloodlust countdown.
You are part of the problem. No, I am not just throwing out a cliche. If you stay away from topics you consider serious because of other posters, you are only encouraging the conformity you dislike.
 
Honestly, I feel like this forum passed a point of no-return a year or two ago, and it's never going back. The moderation favored cohesion and acceptance-at-all-costs over lively debate, and now we're reaping the rewards.

You never know, the expected bloodshed could actually be a watershed and things may revert back to how they were in the halcyon days.
 
Honestly, I feel like this forum passed a point of no-return a year or two ago, and it's never going back. The moderation favored cohesion and acceptance-at-all-costs over lively debate, and now we're reaping the rewards.

Controversial topics have become toxic, and controversial opinions (that being anything outside the progressive way of framing the world) even more so. Almost every time the outcome is predetermined: posters trip over themselves to quote dogpile a dissenting view into oblivion and derail a thread in order to show some sort of holier-than-thou high-mindedness.

For a forum that rails on about "privilege" so much in its many forms, there seems to be a particular sort of privilege that goes unmentioned and is even encouraged: the empowerment of certain groups to get outraged and berate others who don't share their view with impunity.

It makes me stay away from participating any semblance of a discussion concerning serious issues.

Anyway, back to your irregularly-scheduled bloodlust countdown.

Ah, so I was wrong in my assessment that there weren't old timers complaining how this site was getting worse and how "it was better in the good old days". Good to know.
 
Creepshots thread had a lot of "you wear yoga pants out of the house (or clothing "I" consider sexual) you get what you deserve." If people think there is an actual civil discussion to be had there then what the fuck bros.
 
I dont think I was wrong in the few things I said

Creepshots thread had a lot of "you wear yoga pants out of the house (or clothing "I" consider sexual) you get what you deserve." If people think there is an actual discussion to be had there then what the fuck bros.

Yeah it turned into more of a "what ticks you off about womens apparel" thing early on
 
You are part of the problem. No, I am not just throwing out a cliche. If you stay away from topics you consider serious because of other posters, you are only encouraging the conformity you dislike.

But if you don't conform most of the time, then there's the chance you will be banned or the threat of being banned will be thrown at you constantly.
 
But if you don't conform most of the time, then there's the chance you will be banned or the threat of being banned will be thrown at you constantly.

Only if you think mods ban based on pressure from posters and quotes. I have made some arguments that were pretty unpopular, but the only time I have been banned (so far LOL) was when I insulted another gaffer.
 
Only if you think mods ban based on pressure from posters and quotes. I have made some arguments that were pretty unpopular, but the only time I have been banned (so far LOL) was when I insulted another gaffer.

I just see your tag and then I'm like "lol" regardless of what I read.
 
You are part of the problem. No, I am not just throwing out a cliche. If you stay away from topics you consider serious because of other posters, you are only encouraging the conformity you dislike.

Only if you think mods ban based on pressure from posters and quotes. I have made some arguments that were pretty unpopular, but the only time I have been banned (so far LOL) was when I insulted another gaffer.

I'm not afraid of being banned. I haven't been yet. *crosses fingers*

What I'm more concerned about is how easily a handful of posters get stereotyped into being "the conservative troll" or this or that, simply because they have a point-of-view that the mainstream of GAF doesn't share.

That's why I prefer staying out of those types of threads, because I'd prefer not having a "reputation" or seeing people immediately write off my opinion on other topics.
 
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