this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
1 points (100.0% liked)
Actual Discussion
5 readers
3 users here now
Are you tired of going into controversial threads and having people not discuss things, circlejerking, or using emotional responses in place of logic? Us too.
Welcome to Actual Discussion!
DO:
- Be civil. This does not mean you shouldn't challenge people, just don't be a dick about it.
- Upvote interesting points and things that are well-articulated, even if you may not agree.
- Be prepared to back up any claims you make with an unbiased source.
- Admit when you are incorrect or spoke poorly. Upvote when you see others correct themselves or change their mind.
- Feel free to be a "Devil's Advocate". You do not have to be a believer either side of an issue in order to generate solid points on a view.
DO NOT:
- Call people names or label people. We fight ideas, not people.
- Mindlessly downvote people you disagree with - only downvote people that do not add to the discussion.
- Be a bot, spam, or engage in self-promotion.
- Duplicate posts from within the last month unless new information is surfaced on the topic.
- Strawman.
- Copy entire article in your post body. It's just messy.
founded 9 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Good luck, people are filthy creeps. You're going to find out that out soon enough. Nobody wants honest and fair discourse, the entire reason people use sites like this is to find excuses to shit all over other people.
Maybe some, certainly. Not all people though. Never all.
You're one to talk, I'm having to look through your comments today, half of them seemingly are severe rule violations.
I only spew venom at those who attack me first. And when I'm attacked, I always give all the hate I can to the person in question.
Someone disagreeing with you isn't attacking you.
EXACTLY. That's the point I've been making for decades now. But people won't just simply disagree. They throw in nasty, invective disparaging words and insinuate that you or I must be morons because our views differ from theirs.
When someone calls me names just because I've expressed a view they don't like, you better believe I'm going to rain down on them like a ton of bricks. You can disagree with someone in a civilized manner -- but call me names and you're going damn well live to regret it.
I agree, but if someone insults you on c/politics you can just report the comment and we will remove it, and after enough strike ban them. Rather than you going from 1 to 100 and getting yourself banned.
I mentioned it elsewhere, but it seems like over the last 20 years or so the internet has become a lot more intolerant of even discussing how someone could approach an opposing viewpoint. This is how Echo Chambers were built and came about in the first place and I feel it's made a lot of people much more thin-skinned.
I hope this community will fix all that at least in this one tiny corner.