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> There's a widespread forum rule: "don't import drama." The idea behind it is when you enter a certain forum, you may know people from elsewhere but you leave
by MadcapJake 4y ago
> There's a widespread forum rule: "don't import drama." The idea behind it is when you enter a certain forum, you may know people from elsewhere but you leave that context at the door and enter a new context with different rules. I think that ability to codeswitch into and out of social contexts is an important part of common civility, and overbroad declarations like this undermine it.
That's literally what they are saying: don't import this drama to twitter.
- FeepingCreature 4y agoLet's be honest: if the post had said "don't continue this discussion with members on Twitter against their will, or we will escalate" I would have had a much more subdued reaction to it. If that's what they meant, their word choices were very poor, because that is emphatically not what they said. What they said was "don't interact with anyone involved on any platform in any way."