Because we have to draw a line somewhere. Passionate discussions are one thing but the moment people start throwing insults and whatnot is the moment a good faith discussion is over in my opinion. And then we either remove the instigator or just close the thread completely.
Dunking on libs is fine as long as it doesn’t get to wild. Disagreeing about certain topics is fine as long as you don’t behave like a complete ass over it. But as soon as people lose their composure and both sides in the discussion spam the report button then either 1) behave or 2) we’re closing the discussion.
Because we have to draw a line somewhere. Passionate discussions are one thing but the moment people start throwing insults and whatnot is the moment a good faith discussion is over in my opinion. And then we either remove the instigator or just close the thread completely.
Dunking on libs is fine as long as it doesn’t get to wild. Disagreeing about certain topics is fine as long as you don’t behave like a complete ass over it. But as soon as people lose their composure and both sides in the discussion spam the report button then either 1) behave or 2) we’re closing the discussion.
We’re not running a daycare. We are adults.
Good policy.
Why don’t you just ban the culprits for a couple of days? It is not fair that everyone has to pay for a couple of rowdy people.
That’s what we try to do but it depends on the situation mostly
Often that is what’s done, though you may not have noticed.