Dispute with mod

Very good advice .

In an ideal world we would all be like that as posters . Civil , thoughtful .

However it's the variety that makes it interesting .

Some of the posters I tend to disagree with, I really enjoy their posts and find the arguments they put forward interesting and at times humorous ( and not in a derogatory way )

Others I agree with don't always necessarily get the same reaction .

It takes all types to make the forum interesting to visit for me , from the serious , mature or forensic to the quick , fiery or witty .

I wonder does one group gets moderated more ?

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I wasn't talking about Left or Right .

I see that .

I was asking about different temperaments and posting styles and not specifically what people post .

Like appreciate a post for anything more than a political belief / leaning ? Thank a post / show appreciation for a post from" the other side " ?

Sometimes things get so heated on some threads it is hard to see any other pov .

And we are all guilty of that .

Myself definitely included.

If we step away as Irish Aris suggests maybe or concentrate more on quality instead of point scoring ?

Again I do think generalizing about temperament and posting styles in regard to political beliefs is part of the issue that some of the CA threads are so divisive .

There are posters who write very well and seem like interesting or funny people but sometimes their views on certain issues are disappointing to me because I don't share them.

There are a few along the way that would agree to disagree and that is a far better position.

You can't convert everyone to your own way of thinking and at the end of the day there is not much fun in fighting all the time .

Better to leave the fray and return or not when it cools down .

At least that is what I will be trying to do 😉

Love to be able to say that's me but sometimes ( often !) the blood rises and I just have to vent or explode ..

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Will try to be more zen 😎🤝✌️

Yep .

I got an idea that everyone should post their Political Compass results before engaging in serious discussion, then I thought maybe everyone's avatar should be their place on the political compass (like on some subreddits) …

then I went to https://www.politicalcompass.org and clicked 'US Presidential Election 2024' and, was, shocked…

they must have recalibrated it since i took it last, because going by my last results I'm more lib-left than the most lib-left candidate on there…

I don't know why the political 'satire' thread was shut down either tbh, I mean there was very little of merit being posted in it but it was like that since the thread was opened, so...

Id say hand out a few warnings to people attempting to thread spoil or people reporting things that don't need reporting, let the rest of us get on with it, and the others will learn soon enough.

Hi Irish Arts.

I’ve seen a few of your “carrots” and was genuinely disappointed for you when I saw some of those essentially thrown back in your face a few pages later- that wasn’t at all respectful to you and what you’re trying to do.

How about this as an idea- it won’t solve all your problems but it might help:

I’ve noticed A LOT of threads on front page of CA are months old. When a story breaks or a new thread idea is created, people will naturally wish to get their spake in- but it becomes diminishing returns over time and I think that’s when a lot of the issues arise .

How about after a certain period of time, discretion with the mods, move such threads to Politics forum or indeed a newly created forum where posting standards are a lot higher ie references must be included etc etc -and bans given readily for failure to meet those standards - I guarantee you only the most fanatical will continue posting in that thread- but likely it will die.

This keeps the front page “fresh” and indeed “current” .

Exceptions might be say an election thread but even then, shouldn’t be opened until election time and should close once all results in - I think it’s worth a try.

I unfortunately was someone who "bit" on that thread and landed myself a ban. Although credit where credit is due, Necro has been an absolute delight to deal with and I can't compliment them enough for the civil and friendly way that I was spoken to.

I do think that it's unfortunate that there does seem to be some people that haven't been sanctioned for similar things, but I am not privvy to whether or not they have been warned. But based on my interaction with Necro, I can only assume that it was dealt with fairly.

What's SPHE ? All that comes to mind is the leaving cert subject for me!

There’s always the poster(s) who want the last word - you call time out and they reply yes but “I’m still right and you’re still wrong” - it’s at that point physical violence towards that poster springs to mind 😀

Can you send me a dm with details of the life coaching business you are keen to get going.

I'd like to keep it in mind.

Thanks.