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That's quite generous then, I'm mostly basing assumptions on other communities where moderators assume the worst automatically, and you might as well talk to a
by geerlingguy 5y ago
That's quite generous then, I'm mostly basing assumptions on other communities where moderators assume the worst automatically, and you might as well talk to a brick wall... but thinking on it that's not the case on this site. Most of the time ;)
- EdwardDiego 5y agoAs someone who got on the wrong side of dang, he's a model of light handed moderation. And because he's so reasonable, I feel like I owe it to him personally to stay away from the fanning flamewars behaviour he flagged.
- ars 5y agoI've had the same experience, and his advice has improved my writing. The main thing he advised me: You don't have to "bash" the opposing viewpoint in order to write your own. Just write your own. There are a few things I disagree with him about, but as he's the mod, and I'm not, I accept it and try to avoid those topics.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago"he's the mod and I'm not" certainly brings a lot of civility to a space. Most speculation of "why are people assholes on the internet" tends to center around anonymity, or not seeing each other face to face, but I think the toxicity can also be explained as "who's going to stop me", like 8 year olds seeing what they can get away with. Anywhere comments are simply reported to a faceless beauracracy is rife for abuse.