Mods could do a better job with threads/posters
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Like alcoholics and drug addicts, we all have to hit rock bottom before we can come back up. Seriously thought we'd all have found that bottom a long time ago but it still feels like its WAY down there...
I don't see that you have a "rest of the analogy," so I am not following. If they're still eating pizza in their rooms, per your analogy, then nobody is being punished. And even if I said, "Hey, eat it in the kitchen," it still isn't a punishment. It's just moving things based off of common sense to keep the house clean. Moving a thread to avoid conflict is not a punishment, nor is closing a thread. We don't put a black mark on your permanent record or anything. We warn or provide temporary/permanent bans if needed in those instances.
Just because you don't see something as political doesn't mean that it isn't reported to us 500 times for being political. And you can misinterpret what I said however you want, but it doesn't change my original intent. If you want to start an Off-Topic thread that is entirely made up of documented and verified scientific studies regardless of what side of the fence they're on politically, go for it. Once people start posting links to opinion articles on the NYT or Fox News, they're jumping into political territory. And that's when we're going to move it to the Cave.
I'm still trying to do the word problem with kids inside and outside and I have no friggin' CLUE what time the train will get to chicago and I'm having elementary school flashbacks.....
I was trying to think of a good real-life analogy - it is not always my strong suit!
Guy went to the doctor and said "doc - something is weird! I fart a lot but they make no sound and have no smell".
Doc gave him a decongestant...
Not gonna lie, I’ve kind of missed Argent, but like, how you miss watching your creepy uncle get drunk and hit on his 12 year old daughter.
In the rest of the analogy you are making both go to the kitchen to eat therefore you are making someone who didn’t do anything wrong according to your rule change their location.
The punishment should be for people purposefully derailing it to the cave. The problem isn’t the thread the problem is people who can’t keep it apolitical.
It only hurts at first when you go in then you become ill-informed from being bombarded by many of the poorly thought out opinions and you cease caring and understanding for anyone else.
Or perhaps problems can arise when people don't realize they are not being as apolitical as they represent themselves to be?
It's made me WAY more skeptical of any set of "facts" and information sources. It's taught me that being ill-informed is far worse than being un-informed.
Love me the CF but looking to become better informed on 'rona HERE is like understanding world events by following the uninteresting Kardashian daughter on the twitter....
We're not going to actually punish (i.e. ban) people for posting in a thread in a way that seems cogent, when posting politics in the general forums by itself isn't usually a bannable offense (unless it's malicious and habitual). We're also not going to sit and morally debate each and every post to see if it tips a magical scale into political territory; simply put, we don't have the time. If the overall thread is becoming political, whether it is about COVID or anything else, we move it to the Cave. It's not a punishment - it's just a move to allow those who want to discuss it in that way the freedom to continue doing so.
And to reiterate, there was almost nobody eating regular crust pizza in those threads (save madguy's original post, which was well-intended).
