149597871 said:I don't have huge issues with it as long as the staff doesn't show political/ideological bias. The way they apply the rules is quite confusing sometimes, especially when it comes to "biased/unreputable" sources. It's supposed to be against the new rules, yet some threads seem to remain unaffected, and even if you try to report them your report will either be ignored or rejected with the claim that biased sources are perfectly fine. Today, however,
@deg's thread got locked for citing The Guardian and that was kinda weird. It's an awful source, sure, but it's still more reliable than sources such as CNN and nobody is going to lock a thread for having CNN as the main source. I think they should just create a list of sources that are allowed to avoid unnecessary confusion since apparently, mediabias stats don't mean anything.
It's obvious that absolute freedom of expression/speech has never been a thing on these forums and that the problem is only going to get worse unless somebody somehow manages to force private companies to respect people's freedom. (don't get me wrong though, I still don't think that stuff such as doxxing, death threats, or inciting violence should be allowed)
NextUniverse said:Logically speaking locking a thread because
it may seem like it can cause trouble isn't the best idea, if said person has followed all the rules then I can't see why a thread should be locked even if there are extremes.
also, why be a forum mod? be a news mod or social media mod. or maybe either DB mods if it is chill there.
Scordolo said:Yeah even if we have peaceful arguments without hurting or killing others opinion the mods lock the thread.
Please refrain from creating threads that do not encourage meaningful and/or civil discussion. This includes, but is not limited to:
a. picture collecting
b. random "xx vs. yy" (e.g. random anime/manga/character xx vs. random anime/manga/character yy)
c. gossiping about individuals (e.g. youtubers, channels/videos, MAL members, other sites' users, etc.)
I find this rule stupid to be honest.If we are having a meaningful argument without any toxicity why delete it?