Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
I'd like to propose a revolutionary idea.
If someone makes a joke in bad taste, or insults you, or unleashes galaxy brained takes that you don't like, don't engage with them. Use that thick skin evolution spent a few billion years blessing you with and carry on your day because there is no law forcing you to engage with this person. If you want to engage with this person but it would derail the thread, be a gentleman and take it outside (PMs).
There. No need for speech policing. What a novel idea, letting the users themselves sort out their own issues...(how would our generation have survived the World Wars? My God we're soft).
If they post spam, infected links and try to set up a false flag on here, then banhammer their arse into orbit. No one would dispute that.
Well we are a coffee house, just more of the 18th century England stripe than anything from Vienna. Good ideas, bad ideas and actual shit is flung about in equal measure. Given that the 18th and 19th centuries were a political golden age for the British Empire, this might have actually been healthy for political discourse. Besides, this is the fucking internet. We literally can't have pub brawls here so we're about as civil as we can get. If anything, a bit of rowdiness is endearing.
If someone makes a joke in bad taste, or insults you, or unleashes galaxy brained takes that you don't like, don't engage with them. Use that thick skin evolution spent a few billion years blessing you with and carry on your day because there is no law forcing you to engage with this person. If you want to engage with this person but it would derail the thread, be a gentleman and take it outside (PMs).
There. No need for speech policing. What a novel idea, letting the users themselves sort out their own issues...(how would our generation have survived the World Wars? My God we're soft).
If they post spam, infected links and try to set up a false flag on here, then banhammer their arse into orbit. No one would dispute that.
Uh Zoe, that's not what we signed up for.
There is a difference between wanting civility, in that shit-flinging and such are not the norm, and wanting to pretend this is some high-brow, snooty tea house.
Edit: Like, if that truly is what you want this place to be, then all the worries about this place starting down the road SB and others have traveled are completely legit.
Well we are a coffee house, just more of the 18th century England stripe than anything from Vienna. Good ideas, bad ideas and actual shit is flung about in equal measure. Given that the 18th and 19th centuries were a political golden age for the British Empire, this might have actually been healthy for political discourse. Besides, this is the fucking internet. We literally can't have pub brawls here so we're about as civil as we can get. If anything, a bit of rowdiness is endearing.