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> Why can’t there be a balance where users can post what they want as long as it isn’t bigoted? Good luck defining “bigoted” and enforcing that objectively. Al
by gregjor 5y ago
> Why can’t there be a balance where users can post what they want as long as it isn’t bigoted?
Good luck defining “bigoted” and enforcing that objectively. Almost anything interesting will offend someone.
- DoItToMe81 5y agoYeah, people don't realize how true this is until they see it themselves. A small community I was a part of, which was quite tolerant of vulgarity, wound up dying when the new generation of American moderators banned several British and Australian users for sexism over saying 'cunt', even though it has completely different connotations outside of the US. It's my experience with these kind of rules that they often boil down to people over-enforcing their distinct cultural view of acceptable behavior, which clashes with and excludes people outside of that bubble.
- pipeline_peak 5y agoBlatantly bigoted like racial slurs, homophobia. I don't want to establish some pc police, just something that would keep the site from turning into 4chan.
- brtkdotse 5y ago“No racial slurs or homophobia?! What kind of fascist PC hellhole are you running here?!” - a user on day one of a online forum
- Asraelite 5y agoEven milder things can be tricky, like "I'm fine with gay people but they shouldn't be allowed to marry or adopt". Is that homophobia? You will end up having to either force your particular views on everyone, or just disallowing discussion of controversial topics altogether.