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.
I absolutely agree that it should be defined specifically, I’m just can’t quite figure out how it can be articulated more clearly. I’ll think about it more and then update the post.
Yes, indeed. I think ban is justifiable if the person in question caught doing it under every post. Other than that, comment removal and warnings are enough
I concur, I just don’t want to conciliate the few (I think, very few) who are also trolls. It’s ok to comment here when in a bad mood or having a rough day, I think the contemptuous responses to other commenters are over the line, given the CONTEXT of being a community that is here to lift each other up, not tear each other down.
yeah I’ve been chewing on it for a minute and I can’t really think of anything other than like you said spamming it under every post makes it obvious that it’s a troll and I agree that definitely deserves a ban