Goonhub
10-14-2020, 08:28 AM
Every time I've seen statements that passed the 'a reasonable person would consider this incitement' test, it's been shit on by regular folks pretty much immediately, and Dealt With by an admin as soon as one saw it. I mean hell, even carbodox's screenshot that he intended to be an example of the system not working, was - actually a screenshot of the system working, because an admin Dealt With It in moments.
As for differing opinions - frankly, it's not our job to make people like you or agree with you. Yes, the cool zone has a 'feel' to it, there are ideas that are accepted and ideas that are not accepted. The same is true of any space where conversation more complicated than small talk is allowed. If you have ideas that the space generally doesn't accept, the simple solution is either to not go into that space, or to keep those ideas to yourself if you do choose to go into that space. I, for one, hate lobster. Hate it. Seafood in general is wasted on me, but lobster specifically I have absolutely no use for. I do, however, love to cook, and hang out in a few spaces where talking about cooking is the stated goal. If I say 'lobster is trash garbage and i hate it' in those spaces, I would probably get Yelled At - not for saying I hate it, but for saying it's trash garbage. Is that unfair? Not in the slightest. It's not *my* space, it's a communal space of which I am simply one member. The unfair thing would be for me to insist that my personal standards are more important than the standards of the space I choose to hang out in.
The same is true here - it's up to each individual person to decide whether or not they want to look at or chat in the cool zone. It is up to each individual person to decide which opinions or ideas they choose to share in the cool zone. If you share an idea in the cool zone that is rejected, even if it is done so impolitely, *it is not our job to make people agree with you*. Just because multiple people are disagreeing with you don't mean you're being dogpiled. Most of the time, it just means you probably should have kept it in your pants.
As for differing opinions - frankly, it's not our job to make people like you or agree with you. Yes, the cool zone has a 'feel' to it, there are ideas that are accepted and ideas that are not accepted. The same is true of any space where conversation more complicated than small talk is allowed. If you have ideas that the space generally doesn't accept, the simple solution is either to not go into that space, or to keep those ideas to yourself if you do choose to go into that space. I, for one, hate lobster. Hate it. Seafood in general is wasted on me, but lobster specifically I have absolutely no use for. I do, however, love to cook, and hang out in a few spaces where talking about cooking is the stated goal. If I say 'lobster is trash garbage and i hate it' in those spaces, I would probably get Yelled At - not for saying I hate it, but for saying it's trash garbage. Is that unfair? Not in the slightest. It's not *my* space, it's a communal space of which I am simply one member. The unfair thing would be for me to insist that my personal standards are more important than the standards of the space I choose to hang out in.
The same is true here - it's up to each individual person to decide whether or not they want to look at or chat in the cool zone. It is up to each individual person to decide which opinions or ideas they choose to share in the cool zone. If you share an idea in the cool zone that is rejected, even if it is done so impolitely, *it is not our job to make people agree with you*. Just because multiple people are disagreeing with you don't mean you're being dogpiled. Most of the time, it just means you probably should have kept it in your pants.