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"Clean Start" Thread Creation Rule in Certain Forums

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EdwinWillers

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Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
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You people think an anodyne expression of Christian faith is an attack on the President. You are incapable of objectively assessing a “clean start.”
 
EdwinWillers said:
Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
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So, I guess the thread title: "*****-hat Wearing Demon-rats Cry Into Their Security Blankets Over Election Loss" would be a "no-go" for you?
 
EdwinWillers said:
Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
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I don't think it'll help. The insults, perjoratives, negative insinuations and name calling will continue...until the mods put a stop to that stuff.
 
There's a select few around here who do not know how to communicate without name calling and hurling insults. How quickly the topic become more about the other posters than the original subject matter. If you think everyone else is dumb and/or ignorant you can forget about starting with a clean slate. It'll never happen.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
You people think an anodyne expression of Christian faith is an attack on the President. You are incapable of objectively assessing a “clean start.”
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Unlike people who think men can get pregnant and can't define a woman.
 
dmpi said:
There's a select few around here who do not know how to communicate without name calling and hurling insults. How quickly the topic become more about the other posters than the original subject matter. If you think everyone else is dumb and/or ignorant you can forget about starting with a clean slate. It'll never happen.
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The general political forum has become primarily a Trump bashing forum. I see the ratio running at 90% anti-trump posts...often rants. A few in here want to discuss issues from a more or less factual basis and hopefully if not agreement, an understanding of the position. I have put a lot of people on ignore so there are many posts I don't see.
 
eman623 said:
Maybe we need more mods then.
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Even if more mods were added, there’s no way mods can police every new thread looking for something that someone else might consider baiting. As much as we may act like it, we’re not children. If we don’t like the OP of any thread, we can either skip it or wade in anyway. Every conversation is what we make of it.
 
dmpi said:
There's a select few around here who do not know how to communicate without name calling and hurling insults. How quickly the topic become more about the other posters than the original subject matter. If you think everyone else is dumb and/or ignorant you can forget about starting with a clean slate. It'll never happen.
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You people who live in a bullshit information bubble get offended when confronted with reality.
 
X Factor said:
Even if more mods were added, there’s no way mods can police every new thread looking for something that someone else might consider baiting. As much as we may act like it, we’re not children. If we don’t like the OP of any thread, we can either skip it or wade in anyway. Every conversation is what we make of it.
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I'd say there are plenty of mods I can't seem to stay out of the soup.
 
Bok Tuklo said:
You people who live in a bullshit information bubble get offended when confronted with reality.
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Your dander seems to rise easily.
 
X Factor said:
Even if more mods were added, there’s no way mods can police every new thread looking for something that someone else might consider baiting. As much as we may act like it, we’re not children. If we don’t like the OP of any thread, we can either skip it or wade in anyway. Every conversation is what we make of it.
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You could use that same argument for having no moderation at all.

Either we have moderation on DP or we don't. And if we are going to have moderation, we should have enough mods for the job.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
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How does one start a thread devoid of any negative insinuations?

It can be argued that your OP for this thread made negative insinuations about the posting community of this site.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Another member suggested this recently, and when I heard it, I thought it was a very good suggestion.

For new threads in the Politics forums - and frankly, any of the other highly charged forums, like abortion or religion - make it rule that anyone who starts a new thread must ensure their OP is "clean" of all baiting, trolling, and other such language as may lead to problems right off the start in the thread. No insults, no pejoratives, no negative insinuations, group name-calling, etc. - iow, a "clean start" thread.

Things'll no doubt descend very rapidly, as do most threads around here do anymore, but clean starts might help tone things down a bit.
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How about no?
 
Bok Tuklo said:
You people think an anodyne expression of Christian faith is an attack on the President. You are incapable of objectively assessing a “clean start.”
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Nice sciolism.
 
phoenix2020 said:
How does one start a thread devoid of any negative insinuations?

It can be argued that your OP for this thread made negative insinuations about the posting community of this site.
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It could also be argued that you've been immersed in this atmosphere far too long to know anything else. /s

But c'mon - do you really think it that difficult to start the sort of thread I'm [only] suggesting?
 
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