The Constructive Ideas Thread

[GuitarBizarre]

Veg, your ideas have precisely nothing to do with the effective moderation of the forums, and everything to do with crying like a little baby when someone doesnt phrase their posts like they're trying to win a popularity contest.

I don't think you have any idea whatsoever of how to moderate people or discourse and youre focusing only on the things least likely to actually help anyone. All your thoughts are based around feeling and tact and discouraging anyone having to actually ****ing deal with a negative, impassioned or otherwise polemic statement.

It is my sincere belief that the only problems any of your suggestions solve, is that it mollycoddles people who have no business getting involved in a serious debate in the first place, by asking everyone to kowtow to the idea that a good debate is one where everyone talks to each other with all the respect and good will and utter lack of forcefulness of a Disney film singalong.

People do not, never have, never will, and should not work the way you think they should and accepting that is precisely why we have moderation in the first place. It is also why police forces don't waste their time pandering to wasters, stoners and criminals endlessly justifying their actions or making insincere apologies for being a little bit rough - they have a job to do, and doing it with carebear stares, hugs kisses and invites to birthday parties is not how that job will ever get done.

Now will you PLEASE shut up and/or accept that the mod teams demeanour or attitude has precisely fuck all to do with how good they are or can be at their job.

Oh, and how about you address my other points, like how I point out that your ideas just turn normal members into the bad guy while protecting trolls and allowing them to play victim.