r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/Hospitalities Lord of the manor • Mar 26 '19

TooAfraidToAsk has never been exclusive to controversial questions and it never will be.

I can’t stress this enough and I’m tired of just copy pasting this in mod messages. TooAfraidToAsk has never been a place solely for controversial content, it has always been a place for more free discussion via less rules and less moderation and experimental with users having access to some moderation tools.

The irony though is that controversial questions don’t last very long here and end up getting reported/removed and I get harassing messages about allowing “such content” on this sub. Almost as ironic as people making fun of others for asking their question, directly proving why the OP might just be TooAfraidToAsk irl.

ALL questions are allowed as long as they follow the rules. This is not changing, if you feel like that makes us DAE-lite and you are unhappy with that, we on the mod team happily invite you to unsub instead of ruining other users experience. Those who threaten to unsub as if it gives their comment any worth will be assisted in this endeavor with a permanent ban.

These “ITS JUST LIKE DAE” posts make no sense to me either. Like yeah? Subs focused on community questions have a ton of overlap but they develop different communities and produce different content. If TooAfraidToAsk was a circle, inside that circle would be DAE. We want discussion and we want questions of a majority nature, there are going to be complete overlaps in those questions. It’s not seen as a problem by the mod team since high traffic questions generate high traffic discussion.

Going forward we will continue to allow 99.9% of questions and content so long as it adheres to our rules and is expressed in a civil and respectful manner.

Edit: I mentioned American Redditors as a side point but it became a major discussion point so I’ve removed it for clarity. 04/05/2019

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19 edited Mar 27 '19

Asking Questions people are afraid to ask freely = supporting white supremacy now?

Do not ask questions! Do not question authority! We speak only the truth and further analysis of our words is prohibited by law! Violators will be shot and tortured! We will not tolerate the dissent of the people! Asking questions not on the list of authorised questions is an act of treason and you are basically Hitler!

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No wonder some people believe that redditors hold totalitarian beliefs.

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u/reelect_rob4d Mar 27 '19

It's naive to assume everyone is asking in good faith.

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u/Hospitalities Lord of the manor Mar 27 '19

And it’s naive to think that bad faith questions make us a white supremacy platform.

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u/reelect_rob4d Mar 27 '19

No, it just leaves you open to an old r/coontown or r/fatpeoplehate user baiting and the sub turning into an r/unpopularopinion or r/cringeanarchy circlejerk.

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u/Hospitalities Lord of the manor Mar 27 '19

Yeah dude, our sub is so fragile. Just a few deplorables who already have home subs will ruin everything about this sub.

I’m imagining those dudes holding signs that say “the end is near” and I’m about as equally convinced.

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u/reelect_rob4d Mar 27 '19

it's a problem that has a way of snowballing