That's certainly not the least funny thing I've read today
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That's certainly not the least funny thing I've read today
Nah, that wouldn't work - there's too fine a line between trolling and disagreeing. The only way to control the trolls is good moderation. I haven't seen anyone trolling in the mental health thread, and if they did then I'm sure that the mods would remove it if notified, which is basically how it would work in a 'troll-free' sub / thread.
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OK, transparency time - the OP was, as some guessed, meant to be tongue-in-cheek - however, I think the way you've framed this is good and paves the way forward for something like this to actually happen.
I was cynical about safe spaces until I joined a Twitch stream which was described as one. It was actually really nice to be on a channel where everyone was cordial to each other and there was no trolling. Of course people did occasionally come in to troll, but their comments were deleted within seconds. Like you, I do and have trolled in the past. But it would be good to have a thread where such things didn't happen.
Cyberscones? Zcones?
Re the Twitch thing though, I think that having a Safe Space/Cyberscone thread works BETTER in a forum than on a channel because life isn't like that: in a channel, if you want to complain/disagree or say something negative to the same people, you can't. It actually becomes restrictive rather than productive in some cases and the only thing you can do is leave and not participate. However, in a forum, you can just go into the countless other threads to do that. I think it's important to not pretend that crappy things don't happen in life, and people don't say crappy things, because they do - a lot - but at least you can sometimes control where they happen, if not always when.
So I support turning this thread into something of that ilk. It could mean at least some active reporting of posts [sorry @Dis86] and some agreement as to what kind of comments are permitted and not. To be fair, the OP for this thread could just be tweaked because a lot of what's in there would be accurate, though I think it would just have to be worded in a less clichéd way.
I'd be interested in seeing the specific legislation around 'safe spaces' as opposed to the the generic 'safe place to work' terminology across gov.uk documentation.
Don't need a safe space, just needs good moderation.
I'll be honest and say that I know what I'm getting into when I post in GD. Normally I get negative/non-supportive responses lol. (So I don't bother posting that much in here when I want another adults respectful opinion.)
I'll be honest and say that I know what I'm getting into when I post in GD. Normally I get negative/non-supportive responses lol. (So I don't bother posting that much in here when I want another adults respectful opinion.)
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The real world then? Same as when the folk who spam Twitter with the many injustices of the world have to close it and find a way to deal with people outside of their echo chamber.
close your browser and seek solitude, maybe meditate or breathe into a paper bag
I think the moderation in this place is pretty good nowadays. It's definitely a lot fairer than it used to be. Several years ago it was way too restrictive and harsh, and plenty of people got banned who shouldn't have been banned, resulting in an off-shoot forum [maybe more than one] for people to purely moan about OCUK, as sad as that is, but it does show the level of anger that the moderation here caused.
The mods strike a very decent balance between letting people express themselves and clamping down when they need to here, which is generally when people have gone too far. It's a much-improved forum. But I would still support such a thread which doesn't pretend that disagreements, sarcasm, negativity, one-upmanship and trolling don't exist, but purely provides a space on the forum away from them.
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Folk are making SC type threads in GD which is a shame, as its like your mate bringing up politics on a night out. It just isn't the place for it. But the folk who make them know they'll get a bite, for the same reasons your (now ex-)mate brings up politics on a night out. These people need to go back to SC.
Then there are a mix of GD threads that are serious (mental health, relationships, proper hobbies/interest groups) that often get crap thrown in when it isn't needed. But are neither GD or SC.
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How do you know they are trolling?
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forum i used to be on had a fun way of sorting out arguments.
they had what's best described as a coliseum thread which stayed locked most of the time.
if an argument broke out of sufficient energy then the posters involved (usually 2 people) would be set so they could only post in that thread, then everyone else could just sit with their popcorn and watch the fire burn out naturally.
the thread itself wouldn't be moderated (beyond built in things like swear filters).
they had what's best described as a coliseum thread which stayed locked most of the time.
if an argument broke out of sufficient energy then the posters involved (usually 2 people) would be set so they could only post in that thread, then everyone else could just sit with their popcorn and watch the fire burn out naturally.
the thread itself wouldn't be moderated (beyond built in things like swear filters).
For this place it wouldn't be something as grand as a Colosseum, more like a brawling pit or a mud patch.