> the tamest and most well moderated forum
It's the most well moderated free forum. I'm a member of some paid forums that is far better, but that makes sense because people don't like toxicity in something they have paid for.
It's the most well moderated free forum. I'm a member of some paid forums that is far better, but that makes sense because people don't like toxicity in something they have paid for.
Such as? I've been looking for someplace to pay for because it's better
Also, I have some private email groups in which I only have thoughtful discussion with people I know and trust (though don't always agree with).
I don't know if any general paid forums though.
But that's Anonymous, not SA.
Although that style of discourse was pretty common at the time, quite popular on livejournal and later tumblr.
Lately I see complaints about it being full of people who tell you to go to therapy as a solution for everything. Which I didn't even know was a type.
I've been a member of various private email lists over the years which can be good, though those seem to have an active lifespan of 5--10 years, with 10 being a pretty extreme outlier.
Those communities become quite insular over time, and tend to retain less-interesting and spin out more interesting contributors.
Here's an example of the toxicity in Metafilter:
https://www.metafilter.com/194412/Canadas-Protest-on-Wheels#...
I don't even feel comfortable quoting it here.
As you can see it's the 3rd most favorited comments in that thread.
I wasn't even cherry picking, it was the first story I clicked on.
Echo chambers have that effect on people.
I mean, generally, if I am at a large gathering and Nazis show up and they're on my side I would hope I would have a nice long think about what I was doing at that moment but some of these people are failing to realize that the sentiment of "they're on MY side, so it's okay now" increases the likelihood of people ending up on their side as well in the future.
The following channel contains hundreds of hours of raw unedited video:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Ottawalks/videos
I challenge you to find one nazi flag there.
If you can't find any, then maybe you should rethink how much trust you place in your news sources.
It's not clips, it's live unedited raw video.
If you want to be 100% sure, you can watch it live.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ottawa+live&sp=...
You mean in the videos extensively edited and cherry-picked to hide any reference to Nazi flags or any hate symbol?
Is it though? Things don't magically disappear from raw footage. Either you edit it out or not show inconvenient footage.
I mean, all this gaslighting requires you in the very least to accuse other footage from the same events and involving the same people of being fabricated.
Whenever I encounter vegetarians I remind them that Hitler also was one. For some reason they usually just scoff.
I am not the the grandparent, but with your permission, may I ask you …
Do you agree that “pie-hole” is deprecatory?
Do you agree that the question “who cares what X says?” is likely dismissive rhetoric, rather than a genuine expression of interest in who the people are who pay attention to X?
Perhaps I've become desensitized, but "toxic" is not a synonym for "not supportive". Being dismissive of something or someone, or not agreeing with someone for that matter, does not mean a community or person is toxic. It just means you don't agree or support someone or something, and instead you have different opinions and support different positions.
It’s the most well moderated free forum that has a broad scope of topics. Many of the major domain-focused forums (for cars, modeling, collecting) are well managed by moderators and a community who like to see dense value for the topic at hand, low tolerance for unrelated conversation, and see their hobby as a refuge from the noise everywhere else in life. On HN, even though nominally focused, any and all topics make it on here.