Hi everyone!
As a mod, I started getting some reports on people commenting doomer stuff under posts. They’re not really great, they’re demotivating and most importantly not really fit this communities vibe. I’m not fond of them, but I can’t go removing comments and banning people left and right, because technically, they not breaking any rules. So I feel that the community discussion is in order.
If we going to implement a rule against doomers, I think it is very important to define the rule clearly, for it not to be too broad. So I propose the phrasing “blatant doomerism”. Here are examples:
- Blatant doomerism\doomer trolling (comment gets removed, user banned if spams to many comments like this):
- adequate discussion with some doomerism (nothing gets to be done by mods, discussion in the comments goes as usual)
So, the discussion is welcome. If I missed anything, or even if it’s not needed and there should be no change to the rule set, or you have anything to add, feel free to comment.
How would you distinguish between doomers, activists, and truth tellers?
There’s a lot of crossover between all three. Would you just ban them all?
As I said, I think that only blatant doomerism should be removed. If people are just discussing things that’s fine.
Yes, there are. But I think activists and “truth-tellers” should have at least some arguments and non-dismissive attitude, which differentiate them from doomers
I would like to see fewer doomers. Doomers who need to move on are those who are just here to drop a dookie and run, who don’t interact with the content within comments or by posting. They should just use their downvote, but they seem to need to say something lazy to provoke a response.
Truth-telling is obligatory in all social settings, it’s not the same as having a “yeah, honey, you don’t know The World” attitude in interactions with others.