(Merged) Are the moderators getting ... & Censorship

[Ashtal]

Some people were disrespectful. But others were quick to call those few on it and correct them.

There was quite a bit of disagreement. That is not the same is disrespect though. Unfortunately too many people make the mistake of connecting the two concepts.

But see, this is where it can get tricky.

Sometimes, the calling out works and the poster who is acting uppity cools down on his own.

Other times, this is where the problem starts. Disrespect is the first thick layer, and then it delves into nasty as people trade harsh posts back and forth with each other. And we did have disrespect & nasty on the threads - even a racial epitaph we had to remove! And with the quoting feature, things get even more difficult, especially if an overline post is quoted, then reacted to. You have to search the entire thread, make sure it's not continuing.

And once you have a match lit, and the flame starting, then it tends to catch fire in related topics. People, angry that the flame thread is closed, sometimes hop threads ... I've seen related threads grow even worse as people moved from the closed thread to the related topic.

But anywho, it's done and done. In a couple of days, it's free game as long as cooler heads prevail. In fact, I believe the current BoVD thread is still open for a second day now.