New Rules for the New Year
Hi everyone. :)
I've been hinting around about this for awhile, and have been thinking of it even longer, but today I'm going to make it official: we will no longer permit political arguments. They have a way of taking over forums, usually because enmity about political or cultural differences colors discussions on other parts of the forum, too. It's also not realistic to expect people to stay perfectly civil in these exchanges, even though that's what we generally require. There are, I think, two reasonable questions that arise from this, which I'll address preemptively:
This rule has been sort of low-key in place already for months now, so I don't expect a big functional shift, but I wanted to be totally clear about it going forward. This place is a movie forum first and foremost, and always will be, and I think this choice is necessary to preserve that. Now turn off the news and go watch a movie! :) |
Good decision. One I applaud as well.*
I know we chatted about it in the past, and I was very guilty of letting my emotions control my responses in many cases. There’s some regret there as there were many who were more responsive then others, and had thoughtful responses but too often it became too heated. |
Re: New Rules for the New Year
Me, too. And everyone else! That's part of it. We have rules about being respectful, but it's untenable to expect emotions not to spill over on some of these topics. So our choices are to ditch rules about behavior, constantly ignore them being broken (and constantly police tone and content on a granular level), or we just disallow the trouble topics. That's an easy choice.
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Re: New Rules for the New Year
Ah f*ck. No rules lifted on swearing yet then?
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Originally Posted by The Rodent (Post 2164333)
Ah f*ck. No rules lifted on swearing yet then?
If it's particularly rough in language or content we like people to label it as such, but that standard has been loosened considerably over the last year or so. |
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2164335)
Technically, no... but that standard has been loosened considerably over the last year or so.
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Re: New Rules for the New Year
We definitely set a new record for slurs directed at calendars.
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Re: New Rules for the New Year
:laugh:
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Yoda, I'm sure you know I already approve of ditching political discussions. I mean, there's other places on the internet for that and this is MOVIE Forums....so:up:
I do think MoFos in general have been exceptional good about not going on about politics in the last few months, so the new rule should not be a problem. One thought...
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2164315)
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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2164351)
Yoda, I'm sure you know I already approve of ditching political discussions as I've said it should be done before. I mean there's other place on the internet for that and this is MOVIE Forums....so yeah!
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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2164351)
Regarding that bolded part of your post: I'm guessing it would depend if someone is willfully using their film critique as a blatant segue into venting their own personal political broadcast? Do I have that right?
We're not going to be restricted by technicalities here: subjectivity is inherent to moderation and if we're confident someone is trying to find loopholes, we'll act accordingly. I just wanted to include something in the announcement to this effect. |
Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2164356)
Basically, yes. I included that bit because it would probably be easy for someone trying to circumvent this rule to deliberately choose films for this purpose, or fold them into a review that mostly existed just to grouse about something.
We're not going to be restricted by technicalities here: subjectivity is inherent to moderation and if we're confident someone is trying to find loopholes, we'll act accordingly. I just wanted to include something in the announcement to make that plain. |
Originally Posted by The Rodent (Post 2164333)
Ah f*ck. No rules lifted on swearing yet then?
Thank Buddha for that! We watch movies where there is foul language used, it is part of the modern world and does have it's place. I mean when someone is annoying you what will have more effect, 1. Please go away 2. F**k Off you annoying Tw*t Obviously using it to troll others on here would be unacceptable. Anyway my other recent post that mentions porn I hope will raise a....smile. :D |
Originally Posted by Darth Wish (Post 2164365)
WARNING HINTS OF RUDE WORDS IN THIS POST
Thank Buddha for that! We watch movies where there is foul language used, it is part of the modern world and does have it's place. I mean when someone is annoying you what will have more effect, 1. Please go away 2. F**k Off you annoying Tw*t Obviously using it to troll others on here would be unacceptable. Anyway my other recent post that mentions porn I hope will raise a....smile. :D Even though I kicked his butt in Episode III. |
Originally Posted by Emperor Palpatine (Post 2164368)
Easy now, the little green guy packs quite a punch.
Even though I kicked his butt in Episode III. Did you Cream Yoda? Yes I know, I'll close the door on my way out. :D |
Re: New Rules for the New Year
I don't talk politics anyway.. its a waste of time.. it's a person's opinion anyway..
Do you know what they say about opinions? it's like an a**hole.. everyone has one. and mostly they stink! :D |
Love it. I genuinely enjoyed the tough discussions here but I would get so hung up on them it would be all consuming for me. It's one of the main reasons I basically disappeared, because when I was here I couldn't help myself.
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Originally Posted by Yoda (Post 2164315)
Now turn off the news and go watch a movie! :)
Originally Posted by MovieGal (Post 2164395)
I don't talk politics anyway.. its a waste of time
PS: Cthulhu is the best presidential candidate ever. Vote for him!!! |
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 2164430)
PS: Cthulhu is the best presidential candidate ever. Vote for him!!! |
This is the right decision and doing the right thing is tough to do. We all need to recognize that @Yoda was faced with a difficulty that even I would not wish on my worst enemy.
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