Hard to say exactly what constitutes “harmful, insanely inaccurate and actively encouraging aggression towards others” posting as that’s as explicit as the OP got. Judging from the fact that the OP appears to have departed dissatisfied I can only assume it’s the sort of opposing comments being made here as they’re typical of Forumosa.
As I made explicitly clear in my original comment, I’m not interested in comments being removed because I disagree with them but because they are harmful. Whether that is because they are insanely inaccurate or actively encourage aggression towards others.
The internet was created so the world could be at your fingertips but, when the world is not what you want to see or hear, you must close the doors and windows.
Forumosa: “We kind of like openly sharing our ideas without authoritarianism.”
How do you definitively know your opinion is absolute rubbish? When instead of ignoring people or debating them, you promote methods to suppress their speech.
Loads of people here I disagree with, but I sure love to read even those posts, because many of you really make me think and keep me sane in Taiwan.
The concepts of at least moderating conspiracy theories and misinformation, and moderating aggressive, personal attacks, these are things most platforms do, and I think it’s not really accurate to depict them as ‘censorship’.
You shouldn’t be moderating any opinion, absent of personal attack. But if that opinion is ‘supported’ by unsourced links, I don’t think I need to explain how it opens the door for all kind of platform abuse if anyone can just link to anything online, citing it as ‘evidence’ for an argument/opinion.
It’s just common sense moderation stuff, some kind of action to limit the influence spamming, so that there’s an environment conducive to attracting posters interested in honest debate.
Harmful posts which actively encourage aggression towards others are already against the rules here. At least harmful and aggressive by any reasonable standard. All that’s left are conservative views which are increasingly demonized in U.S. media by intolerant leftists.
Maybe you can cite an example here on Forumosa of a post which should have been deleted as harmful, insanely inaccurate or actively encouraging aggression towards others but wasn’t.
Probably the most interesting thread we’ve had in years here. A really healthy discussion all round, so kudos to the OP. There’s people posting in this thread that I’ve never even interacted with before, so that can only be a positive.
This forum has been around for MANY years, it is going just fine. This forum has a huge amount of lurkers, its posts come up in google search a lot. Despite my occasional conflicts with Admin , it has been a fantastic resource for me. During the early days of Covid 19 we all came together to help each other, I had posters giving me useful advice for my allergies, and kind wishes when a member of my family passed away. I am thankful to them for that, and I will get them another “coffee” soon.
The premise of this thread is a good analogy of liberalism / socialism / communism.
Most liberals aren’t happy unless everyone around them conforms precisely to their world views. They’re not content while alternate views exist.
How many conservatives try to conform an entire online community by censoring views they don’t agree with? Most conservatives will defend your freedom of speech, even when they don’t agree with the message.
Bullshit. There’s no need to politicize it. The whole discussion came about because of the eyesore that is the IP forum. The point has been made over and over again that it’s not a good look for the forum. We just look like a bunch of sad wankers wasting our time arguing about things we’ll never ever agree on.
Indeed. There are posters on this forum of all different political persuasions, but the only voices calling for more heavy-handed moderation and/or censorship are coming from the left.
I think he means that he does not feel that he “looks like a sad wanker” in engaging in those discussions, and so he does not want to be characterized as such, which is fair.
