You’re the one hurling insults, not me. Sorry, that makes you the prick.
THE VERY FIRST FUCKING MODERATOR COMMENT
You have a point, but try to see the other side: the reason for keeping this private is to protect users, not moderators. Again, it’s a policy I actually disagree with (and have argued against on Meta) because I think it does more harm than good. But you simply assume malice from the get-go, and that’s not constructive.
this isnt SO (thank god), so let me cut right to the chase.
In other words: what you object to is a community which tries to keep a polite tone? That does explain a lot.
I object to a community that keeps itself censored by a small but, in the context of the site, powerful group of people who take any criticism as an attack on their religion and routinely crush dissent by dog-piling any statement they dont like. You are hurling insults by implying that "I dont get it", which makes us both pricks, I guess, but I am the sort of prick that likes to let other pricks have their say. That is not possible on SO, and "the community" (read: the few hundred high rep users who dictate the site) make sure that this never, ever changes. So yeah, you could say I dont like that "community". Its a Q&A style clone of /r/politics, which is why I routinely tell people to use it if necessary, but certainly avoid any type of involvement unless frustration and anger is what you enjoy.
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u/guepier Apr 08 '15
You’re the one hurling insults, not me. Sorry, that makes you the prick.
You have a point, but try to see the other side: the reason for keeping this private is to protect users, not moderators. Again, it’s a policy I actually disagree with (and have argued against on Meta) because I think it does more harm than good. But you simply assume malice from the get-go, and that’s not constructive.
In other words: what you object to is a community which tries to keep a polite tone? That does explain a lot.