Forum moderation policy idea: No overly combative debating

NotYouAgain NotYouAgain at gmail.com
Sat May 4 10:17:20 UTC 2024


On Saturday, 4 May 2024 at 08:44:03 UTC, Dom DiSc wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 May 2024 at 08:24:22 UTC, NotYouAgain wrote:
>> One of the real problems with this forum, and any forum 
>> really, is the extent that people identify with the product 
>> that the forum is about... it's a kind of tribal thing really.
>
> May be. But I think its a matter of taste.
> If I don't like choco-cake (as I happen to do) and say so, this 
> should not be a problem.
> But if I come and call choco-cake "wrong" and "unprofessional", 
> I'm pretty sure to annoy a lot of people and can expect strong 
> reactions and "resistance". Because this will bring up the 
> whole choco-cake-liker "tribe".

So, for example, if I say Walter was wrong in not allowing a 
class to be an encapsulated type, then I'm going to anger the 
Walter-loving tribe members?

And therefore, I really should rephrase what I want to say, in 
put it in a way that doesn't anger the Walter-loving tribe 
members?

I mean Walter can handle that sort of criticism very well .. he 
doesn't need protection from anyone. That's the thing I like most 
about Walter actually.

But still, he was WRONG!



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