CapnZapp
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Umbran wrote a moderator message in the recently closed Prostitution thread: "I do not know how that thread managed to survive 20 years ago"
I want to be clear I have zero issues with the moderator action, but would like to adress the (implied) question.
First off, I don't know and don't remember if the policy has changed since then, but that could be an obvious answer.
But regardless, the more general answer, I think, is that role-playing discussions have become dramatically more judging and moralistic over time, particularly in the last five or seven years or so. The opportunity to discuss role-playing events and features that could offend someone has been severely curtailed lately.
It could be a combination of both.
I'm basically trying to say I have no problem whatsoever to understand why this thread managed to survive in 2002.
Again, I am not contesting or complaining against the thread's closure in any way. I fully understand why this topic is unacceptable in today's polarized and accusatory discussion climate. I'm not defending the fact it remained open back then. I just thought it odd someone wouldn't associate the different fate of such a thread now and then to the shift in what's considered acceptable to discuss in public.
Thank you for reading. I have no questions and need no official reply; this is intended as merely a neutral comment.
I want to be clear I have zero issues with the moderator action, but would like to adress the (implied) question.
First off, I don't know and don't remember if the policy has changed since then, but that could be an obvious answer.
But regardless, the more general answer, I think, is that role-playing discussions have become dramatically more judging and moralistic over time, particularly in the last five or seven years or so. The opportunity to discuss role-playing events and features that could offend someone has been severely curtailed lately.
It could be a combination of both.
I'm basically trying to say I have no problem whatsoever to understand why this thread managed to survive in 2002.
Again, I am not contesting or complaining against the thread's closure in any way. I fully understand why this topic is unacceptable in today's polarized and accusatory discussion climate. I'm not defending the fact it remained open back then. I just thought it odd someone wouldn't associate the different fate of such a thread now and then to the shift in what's considered acceptable to discuss in public.
Thank you for reading. I have no questions and need no official reply; this is intended as merely a neutral comment.