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Already a few OT posts, would be good if hitting the OT button removed these posts. The occasional dispute could be decided by CC. I'm against further censorship otherwise. 

[Rexp]

3 hours ago, Currawong said:

Head-Fi went through this years ago, and I ended up spending over half a decade being a quite brutal moderator to stop the anarchy starting up again. 

 

Here's the reality: Everyone can be put on a standard deviation grade curve -- most people are moderate and sensible, however people at the ends of any spectrum, the extremists if you like, cause 99% of the problems.  If they don't blatantly accuse others of being everything bad under the sun, they push things to the limits, and push back if you enforce your rules against them.

 

While there is a natural tendency to want to say that you want a place where a variety of views can be expressed, saying that in itself is a trap, as in reality that desire will be hijacked by extremists to push their agendas. Extremists are noisy and motivated to push forums into the ground in their desire to have them bend towards their beliefs.  The best thing to do with them is ban them outright. They can shout to death about everything falsely negative about you. But after it becomes possible to express an opinion without being shouted down by these people, the majority, normally afraid to post because of these people, are more likely to participate again.

 

The problem is likely not one with rules, so much as it is a problem with a small handful of people.

If you're offended by certain people, just put them on ignore. If CC feels certain people are regularly behaving badly or lowering the quality of discussions (some are) he should ban them.