Subj : politic rules (was: All politics aside...)
To   : Oli
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Feb 26 2022 07:30:00

  Re: politic rules (was: All politics aside...)
  By: Oli to Arelor on Sat Feb 26 2022 11:58 am

 > So what was the (unpolitical) intention of you post?

Preventing the network to degrade as certain web forums I know off, in which
people is free to break the rules as long as the moderators agree with their
opinion.

Those places degenerate into echo chambers very quickly. If cars are off-topic,
a friend of the moderator starts critizising Peugeots, and the moderator does
nothing because he hates Peugeots himself, the end result is quite ugly. No
debate can take place and nobody can learn a thing, because if anybody shows up
saying Peugeots aren't that bad, he is risking a banhammer. The place turns
into a useless space for 1984esque "two minutes of hate" in which the only goal
is for people who share a certain opinion to circle-jerk.

The thread is more than 24 hours old already so I totally expect it to have
been noticed.



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