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Riggatto:
That sounds like the explanation I was given to a phenomenon called "thought germs" (it sounded more professional when the other guy said it),  in which the participants involved in a feud between two groups would have no contact with the other group, but instead would discuss among themselves how much they hated the other group.

Richard LeMoon:
Ah. Echo chambers. They end up creating a worse version of the enemy than actually exists by feeding each other's assumptions and biases.

Would this be the video you spoke of? https://youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc Love that guy.

Riggatto:
That is the exact video, and it's why I think all things should be voiced at first thought. Even if the speaker thinks it is bad

DrTentacles:
I've been a part of a lot of online communities. The best ones are the ones where posts that attack people, are vitriolic, or aggressive get deleted/blanked, and people who can't learn to communicate without being aggressive or toxic are banned.

I'd like to see more active moderation. It doesn't have to be bans, even, at least at first. Just /modhat "Post has been deleted for being off-topic." /modhat "Post has been deleted for being confrontational." Just remove the offending posts. It prevents further replies, and the argument from spiraling further into negativity, or becoming more off-topic.

It has an effect. It cleans away the grime. Anyone driven off by it isn't worth having in the community anyway.

There should be no pretensions of "Freedom of Speech" or "Right to be negative."

Neither of those exist on a forum. A forum is a community, and those moderating that community have the right to regulate it as they see fit.

What you do have is the responsibility to contribute in a productive, mature, and non-hostile manner. Sure, you can disagree, and sure, you can debate. However, if you can't debate without attacking someone, resorting to insults, or strawmanning, then you probably shouldn't be talking.

Squidslinger Gilder:

--- Quote from: DrTentacles on May 06, 2015, 08:34:40 pm ---I've been a part of a lot of online communities. The best ones are the ones where posts that attack people, are vitriolic, or aggressive get deleted/blanked, and people who can't learn to communicate without being aggressive or toxic are banned.

--- End quote ---

Exactly what Muse doesn't do...ban people. Or kick buttons, or anything a dev does to keep the scum out of their communities. Myself and others have been critical of the CA system for awhile just because they have no real ability to stop toxic people. They then have to sit there and be verbally abused and take it with a smile.

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