Goonhub
04-16-2020, 09:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-16-2020, 09:43 PM by Carbadox. Edited 1 time in total.)
Lets be honest. It's not discussing politics that's the problem, it's the completely overblown reactions, bitter attitude, insults and just straight up asshole behaviour that's not only allowed but being tolerated. I've seen a bunch of arguments on the discord and not once have I ever seen an admin try to de-escalate the situation, let alone consider shutting it down. And I'm pretty sure I've even seen admins egging others one.
It gets even more unbearable when anyone who tries to bring up the fact that political discussion on the discord only brings conflict gets shut down "politics are an integral part of life, you can't ignore them" or funnily enough what's already been said in this thread, that "you can't tell the difference what is and isn't politics".
Such enlightened individuals however seem to be either unaware or blissfully ignoring the fact that people don't actually think that political discussion is a problem but rather think that it's the behaviour in which said discussion happens in. I know for a fact that people can, do and have talked grown up matters like respectful and sane people.
If admins really do feel a reluctance to moderating toxic behaviour, then at the very least make a seperate politics channel so that those who really couldn't care less don't have to deal with #general becoming a civil war channel. Instead of doing nothing at least do the bare minimum
Afterthought edit : Just a thought that came to me, if there's admins that fully admit to no longer playing the game and there's admins who don't bother administrating the discord, then what are they admins of?
It gets even more unbearable when anyone who tries to bring up the fact that political discussion on the discord only brings conflict gets shut down "politics are an integral part of life, you can't ignore them" or funnily enough what's already been said in this thread, that "you can't tell the difference what is and isn't politics".
Such enlightened individuals however seem to be either unaware or blissfully ignoring the fact that people don't actually think that political discussion is a problem but rather think that it's the behaviour in which said discussion happens in. I know for a fact that people can, do and have talked grown up matters like respectful and sane people.
If admins really do feel a reluctance to moderating toxic behaviour, then at the very least make a seperate politics channel so that those who really couldn't care less don't have to deal with #general becoming a civil war channel. Instead of doing nothing at least do the bare minimum
Afterthought edit : Just a thought that came to me, if there's admins that fully admit to no longer playing the game and there's admins who don't bother administrating the discord, then what are they admins of?