Board:   [WWIVnet] WWIV Networking
Subject: Re: Policy
From:    Surgical Steel #1 @129
Date:    Thu Feb 25, 2021 19:17

-=> WEATHERMAN #1 @1 (MARK) wrote to Rushfan #100 @1 (Rushfan) <=-

 W#(> What I don't want is to ban people's legal thoughts, discussions, etc.

Absolutely. While I'm aware of Popper's Paradox (or the paradox of
tolerance), I would rather there be natural consequences and responsibility
devolving to individual sysops.

What I mean by natural consequences: There ain't no damn way in hell I'm
ever signing up for Gab or Parler, nor am I sticking around if somewhere
I'm at turns into them. (It's happened in a Facebook group, though not
quite so dramatically.)

 W#(> For instance if there was a "Debate" sub in wwivnet (not that I'm a fan
 W#(> at all of debate).  Fidonet has plenty of that crap if people want to
 W#(> spend all day arguing with each other.  But if someone wanted to host
 W#(> it - I don't want it or anyone banned - provided it is legal
 W#(> discussion.

Yup; that turns into moderation, which is a *whole other* and very
tricky beast.

Steven / Surgical Steel

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