Amadan
Letting the hate flow through me
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Amadan
Letting the hate flow through me
22hr ago
Not every CW post has to fall strictly along tribal lines.
I suggest making use of the scroll button rather than demanding a Motte precisely curated to your tastes.
Amadan
Letting the hate flow through me
1d ago
What are you even saying here? You agree, you disagree, you want to argue but don't have an argument, you just want to express snarky disdain, you understand and acknowledge the point? This is why we have a rule against low-effort posting. It's annoying and contributes nothing.
Amadan
Letting the hate flow through me
1d ago
I think mods should intervene… somehow, because these posts are getting too frequent, too obviously agenda-laden, and aren't even remotely about the culture war (though AI discussion as such is necessary). It's becoming one guy's AI Bad blog.
I could name half a dozen topics that come up again and again, sometimes in tedious fashion, and sometimes by a few individuals who post about little else. Generally speaking, we don't "intervene" because someone is tired of topic, or even because we are tired of a topic.
And everything is "obviously agenda-laden" to people who have an opposing viewpoint.
If you don't like a post, you can ignore it or respond to it. You can even report it if you genuinely think it violates the rules. (Most reported posts are not violating the rules, they are just violating the reporter's sensibilities.)
Amadan
Letting the hate flow through me
2d ago
"Chinaman" is historical usage that harkens back to the 19th century. It may not be a slur, exactly, but it's kind of like calling a black person a "Negro" - it is not plausible that you are unaware that it's no longer considered polite.
Rarely do we say "You're right, that post should have been modded but we didn't notice it because no one reported it."
Instead, we tell people not to publicly demand someone be modded or attack them, but simply report the post if they think it warrants it.
People do over report, but that's because they use the report button to mean "I don't like this." We prefer that to public callouts, but people should really just let things go if they're mad at what someone wrote unless it was truly a bad post. ("Bad" in the sense of being against what the Motte is intended for, not bad in the sense that you don't like it.)
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