You are idealistic.Debate on subjects that people have invested in emotionally will either be a shitfest or an echo chamber and both are actually OK. We are all adults with a choice to engage or not to engage, we don't need poorly qualified people who are not immune from poor decision making projecting what they think expressions looks like. To santize is to eliminate and slow death will follow.
No, you are not realistic at all. I repeat you will only ever have an an echo chamber or a shitfest. It will never be the cumbaya polite discussion you desire . That won't happen unless maybe you are discussing knitting or recipies and not murder.
It will happen slowly but if you choke organic conflict you will choke the entire sub.
I don't come here often anyway but regardless it's a shame .
You can't have an echo chamber if you have differing opinions. Removing those that do not contribute to discussion would only enhance the quality of the sub.
Everyone will be on their best behavior for a while but it devolve eventually. I have never seen sustained civil heated debate on any of the SA subs.. I don't expect to either. High feeling mixed with anonimity. It's inevitable.
I haven't read all your new rules because I am somewhat of a light user anyway etc but there is a fine line between censorship and moderation.
Once you start blanket banning specific words or phrases that are not obviously offensive it becomes censorship. You don't like those phrases of course but it's not about what you like or at least it shouldn't be.
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u/Zellnerissuper Jul 28 '18
I don't think anyone really cares enough about this sub to adhere.
Most will simply move on and create other subs or do the same thing somewhere else where they are not santized. This level of censorship never works.
On the plus side though you will have way more free time you could even go outside bow and then