Crimson847 wrote:Who decides which of the proposed solutions gets implemented?
Matthew Notch wrote:Or will we try and be a little better than the rest of the internet?
I used to be able to do that by coming here. Now I feel like it sort of follows me around, both here and on the IRC. If it were up to me all those threads would just go away and we'd stop talking about it in the chat entirely. I don't give a damn about freedom of speech sometimes. And keep in mind, this is coming from someone who has been accused (justifiably) of intentionally trolling at least two of our members in the past by the administration of this site. So you know, then, that I'm not saying I feel this way to try and come up smelling of roses. All I'm saying is that those topics of conversation are something we could definitely do without and still have a nice time here.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Kate wrote:Honestly, I think that being able to openly discuss almost anything under the sun without breaking down into chaos does make us a little better than the rest of the internet.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:I was referring to the SJA thread, which required three moderator interventions in a single day. It lead to the thread being temporarily locked.
Tesseracts wrote:This could happen in any thread.
I'm not sure what your point is, are you seriously interested in getting rid of topics of discussion which are controversial?
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:Tesseracts wrote:This could happen in any thread.
Has it? I certainly don't see that regularly.I'm not sure what your point is, are you seriously interested in getting rid of topics of discussion which are controversial?
No, nor did I say anything anywhere that should suggest this. In fact, I've stated many times in this thread that I am not suggesting prohibiting discussion on any topic, so I don't know what would cause you to accuse me of this. These discussions can move more smoothly if you don't assume that things I say with which you don't agree are attempts to silence people.
I was only narrowly rebutting Kate's argument that we can discuss anything without devolving into chaos. On the SJA thread at least, things had at points devolved into chaos.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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