Why do debate/discussion sites engage in excessive moderation?
I recently made an account on a site that I was on for a brief time, several years ago. I formerly belonged to a site that predated it and am familiar with many of the users from that site.
What has become apparent to me, very quickly, is that the moderation is overbearing and excessive. We all know that it *can* be toxic for people to participate in online disputes, whether they be the user starting it or the one who is being what they view as attacked.
Why should we get banned for making nasty posts or comments now and then though?
There is a user on this site, who I recall from its predecessor site, who is pro-abortion (enough to cause dislike on my part) whose comments are routinely stupid, asinine, silly, negative, outrageous, insulting...BUT who really cares? Is that enough to give her a ban lasting 30 days? I don't think so.
Moreover, this user is active in a forum where almost every post is incomprehensibly stupid and pointless. If you're going to ban one user from there, you may as well ban them all lol. The religion forum never has and never will make any sense, or be a fun or pleasant place to be. Every user who is active in that forum has problems with logic and abstaining from using insults and offensive language, among other things.
If I ran a debate site, I would ensure that I had rules that were explicit and *very* clearly defined. In other words, every comment or behavior that could lead to a ban would be specifically outlined.
What has become apparent to me, very quickly, is that the moderation is overbearing and excessive. We all know that it *can* be toxic for people to participate in online disputes, whether they be the user starting it or the one who is being what they view as attacked.
Why should we get banned for making nasty posts or comments now and then though?
There is a user on this site, who I recall from its predecessor site, who is pro-abortion (enough to cause dislike on my part) whose comments are routinely stupid, asinine, silly, negative, outrageous, insulting...BUT who really cares? Is that enough to give her a ban lasting 30 days? I don't think so.
Moreover, this user is active in a forum where almost every post is incomprehensibly stupid and pointless. If you're going to ban one user from there, you may as well ban them all lol. The religion forum never has and never will make any sense, or be a fun or pleasant place to be. Every user who is active in that forum has problems with logic and abstaining from using insults and offensive language, among other things.
If I ran a debate site, I would ensure that I had rules that were explicit and *very* clearly defined. In other words, every comment or behavior that could lead to a ban would be specifically outlined.
