Forum moderation policy idea: No overly combative debating

[NotYouAgain]

On Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 15:35:49 UTC, Dom DiSc wrote:
> ..
> .. I fully agree to this. Pure text communication has a strong 
> tendency to get out of control as important other channels like 
> voice and mimic are missing, which give a short-time reaction 
> to the words someone uses. Without this immediate reaction 
> people say things they never would face to face. That is why 
> moderation on such low-band media is so essential. 
> Unfortunately.

There's certainly 'some' truth to that. But face2face can be just 
as vicuous sometimes.

i.e. you're missing perhaps the most important truth here: 
Sayre's Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law

Being passionate and arguing your case, in the face of intense 
opposition, should not be discouraged.

But calling someone an oop..phile. . well that really should be 
frowned upon.