Group Coerced Censorship

[MTK]

And I do support the closing of the previous thread. It was clearly going to spiral out of control very quickly. Good call by SGG.

I'm all for open debate even on touchy subjects, but there are times when some people just can't handle a debate like that in a civil manner. Perhaps we can do it in this thread instead, but the other thread was turning ugly really quick.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

And I do support the closing of the previous thread. It was clearly going to spiral out of control very quickly. Good call by SGG.

I'm all for open debate even on touchy subjects, but there are times when some people just can't handle a debate like that in a civil manner. Perhaps we can do it in this thread instead, but the other thread was turning ugly really quick.

Question. Why does everything have to remain civil? I'm not trying to be an ass, but I think sometimes people just want to fight it out. It's just a message board, and the thread was in the parking lot. Why not let them go at it?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Question. Why does everything have to remain civil? I'm not trying to be an ass, but I think sometimes people just want to fight it out. It's just a message board, and the thread was in the parking lot. Why not let them go at it?

Because I don't feel like wasting our bandwidth on idiots and it doesn't make for an inviting environment for potential new members.

If people want to duke it out on the internet they can do it by email or IM, just don't waste my time with your stupidity basically.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Because I don't feel like wasting our bandwidth on idiots and it doesn't make for an inviting environment for potential new members.

If people want to duke it out on the internet they can do it by email or IM, just don't waste my time with your stupidity basically.

You could create a "No holds barred" forum as a test site?
But it IS your site

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Hog1

You could create a "No holds barred" forum as a test site?
But it IS your site

Again, why should we waste our server on idiots who want to have flame wars?? This is a forum for discussion, not flame wars.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Again, why should we waste our server on idiots who want to have flame wars?? This is a forum for discussion, not flame wars.

Just a thought

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

And I do support the closing of the previous thread. It was clearly going to spiral out of control very quickly. Good call by SGG.

I'm all for open debate even on touchy subjects, but there are times when some people just can't handle a debate like that in a civil manner. Perhaps we can do it in this thread instead, but the other thread was turning ugly really quick.

Don't you think that when you start preemptively closing threads that can get you into trouble?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

Don't you think that when you start preemptively closing threads that can get you into trouble?

I think it's rare that we close down threads quickly. Generally, the only threads we'll put the clamps on quickly are duplicate threads or spam.

In this case I think it was a good call. Of course it's always a judgement call, but generally speaking I don't think we make a habit of closing threads down quickly.