[Rant] Freedom of speech is no more on a popular Amiga site. | ANN.lu |
Posted on 03-Feb-2004 15:32 GMT by Jordan Taylor | 238 comments View flat View list |
Today a so-called Amiga site which was supposed to allow freedom of speech has now become a exposed heavily censored website, webmasters acting like children insulting members of the site just because they stand up and say what they think.
I feel betrayed.
Check it out yourself here
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Freedom of speech is no more on a popular Amiga site. : Comment 20 of 238 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 03-Feb-2004 17:23 GMT | In reply to Comment 16 (Anonymous): No, he isn't.
However, he is part of a move towards pro-active moderation that started before he was made part of the team. The principle seems to be to control content by locking or removing a thread if it looks like it's going in a direction which will lead to someone posting something which will need re-active moderation. (How's that for a convoluted and long winded explanation for what is a covoluted and long winded policy?)
Quite honestly, there are only two reasons for forums: one is to provide support and help for a product, platform or whatever, and the other is for debate. Debate is good. Debate is constructive, even when it gets heated and sometimes confrontational. People disagreeing with each other is no bad thing! When it gets out of hand is when the issues being debated are swept aside and the rhetoric descends into streams of personal insults. When that happens, moderation needs to step in, but not before.
Pro-active moderation is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. |
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