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I'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

by ars 5y ago

I'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.