Book ,'Objects In Space'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Again to go flamebaity, it feels a little like censorship to me.
One person expressing a desire that we don't have political posts in Press isn't censorship. And I don't think we've gone far enough down in the discussion that it's even a question of the board trying to control content. So in short, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I doubt we would go that way.
Agreed David. I amend my statement to, "If this were instituted, it would feel a bit like censorship."
Censorship is such a hot-button word. Press is already censored. That's kinda the point.
What ita said, and Shawn, would Bob mind if I married your brain?
Because Shawn pretty much articulated everything I thought, but didn't have the words for.
OK, so the sense I'm getting is that nothing has changed WRT to Press, even though some people don't like some of the stuff that goes in there. It's still up to the individual whether to post something, including all the content that has been identified as inappropriate by some and supported as appropriate by others, but at least now anyone who cares to has probably put his or her two cents in. Is that a fair assessment?
Is that a fair assessment?
Fair, though I'd also note that Elena voluntarily pulled the DM notices, and there seems to be community pressure not to be frivolous with the attention granted.
Fair, though I'd also note that Elena voluntarily pulled the DM notices,
Yes, she did.
and there seems to be community pressure not to be frivolous with the attention granted.
Not to be frivolous with the attention granted to posts in Press -- yes, and I'd add that there's some disagreement re: what frivolous/inappropriate is. As to specific types of posts, even though some are viewed less favorably than others, it's still a matter of personal judgement. So, taking into account that post X may bug some people, a poster still decides if reason's Y and Z outweigh that or don't outweigh it for a particular post.
At this point?
(And, the Stompies regulate natter, etc. in the specialized threads, and I'm assuming there's some latitude for them to judge and delete or repost somewhere else any, you know, wildly inappropriately placed posts, so there's that mechanism, too.)
Wh--there's a Press thread?
You're the reason we can't have nice threads.
Wh--there's a Press thread?
You and you alone have been blocked from seeing it.