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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redwizard007" data-source="post: 8944256" data-attributes="member: 7024098">100% chance that i regret posting this, but what the hell.I have seen a number of "+" posts over the years, there is at least one getting some attention right now, and they largely seem to end up with bright red Mod-scrawl all over them, name calling, the questioning of commenters values, ethics, and parentage, and a general lack of civility. It has gotten to the point that when I see a "+" post, I tend to not even read it, for fear of running face first into a pointless argument about why Star Wars is clearly superior to Startrek, how Hollowworld could be updated to avoid cultural taboos while caricaturizing even more real world cultures, or water isn't wet (+++). So, what is the point of a +++ conversation? On its face, they are saying, "if you agree with my base premise, please contribute, and otherwise move on," and that seems fine. We don't have to engage. We all have the option to let conspiracy buffs question the moon landing, or the existence of a deep-state conspiracy that is pulling the strings at WotC to add anthromorphic caterpillars to 6e in place of our beloved gnomes, or even the efficacy of modern medicine, BUT there are some who feel that allowing such (probably) misguided opinions a forum without challenging some of their core concepts is in its self a failure. Perhaps a failure of education, or morals, or critical thinking, but a failure that we can not make in good conscience. So we engage. We discuss. We dig into the why, and the what, and the how, and before long we get, "hey, bud. This is a +++ thread, so if you don't agree that anthropomorphic caterpillars are better than gnomes then you shouldn't be commenting," and that is infuriating. On every forum that I have ever seen, the number 1 rule usually boils down to "don't be a dick." Now, I haven't always followed that rule as closely as I should have, and I regret that, but I have never once tried to hide an unpopular opinion behind a +++ post, although I considered doing it here. Message boards from ENWorld to Reddit are a place where I come to get differing perspectives. If I wanted an echo chamber I would be on Facebook. I wanted to posit a question, or a poll, but I guess a rambling rant was more cathartic. So, how do you feel about + threads?</blockquote>

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