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We are doing Public Service Announcements all January long and today's PSA is a fun problem that comes up all the time. Every few months we're having to slap people around with a reminder.
If that thread isn't marked as DEBATE - don't turn it in to one.
People love sharing their opinions and point of views on topics. We like to encourage this, because it's a great way to learn things and get to know each other. But most people do NOT like to be questioned, corrected, belittled, forced to defend themselves or hassled when they're sharing their opinions. They just want to chat and be heard.
We have two handy prefixes so you can easily tell the difference between a Discussion topic, where people just want to casually talk about something and a Debate topic where people are actively looking for a back and forth debate on morality, philosophy, and opinions.
It's very important to NOT turn a Discussion topic in to a Debate. This is disrespectful to the thread starter and other members. It ALWAYS ends with people getting yelled at and the topic getting closed. In extreme circumstances it can end with people getting banned. NOT because we don't welcome debates, but because you're being careless and irritating the crap out of people in a place where you shouldn't be debating.
SOME TIPS ON KEEPING DISCUSSION TOPICS FROM TURNING IN TO DEBATES:
- Don't take the bait. People love making statements to get people responding. They will question you directly, misconstrue your statements, make troll comments, or play devil's advocate. Ignore it. Things can't become a debate if you don't respond.
- Don't respond to people you don't like or that regularly piss you off. We know that some of you can't help yourselves and you just HAVE to dress down those members you hate - BUT JUST DON'T. This is as disruptive and bad as those people you fuss about.
- If you REALLY REALLY want to debate that subject - start a new topic! You're totally allowed to AND because the topic is marked as Debate people know exactly what they are getting in to. As long as everyone is civil, you can debate until your penises fall off.
- Is a thread getting out of hand and someone hasn't stepped in yet to mediate? Alert the staff! Sometimes we do miss things. Shining light on potential problem threads lets us know when something might blow up and we can simmer it down before it does. This saves a thread from getting closed, and saves dummies from ending up in trouble.
With your cooperation, we can keep the general topics area fun and free of annoyances! :D
If that thread isn't marked as DEBATE - don't turn it in to one.
People love sharing their opinions and point of views on topics. We like to encourage this, because it's a great way to learn things and get to know each other. But most people do NOT like to be questioned, corrected, belittled, forced to defend themselves or hassled when they're sharing their opinions. They just want to chat and be heard.
We have two handy prefixes so you can easily tell the difference between a Discussion topic, where people just want to casually talk about something and a Debate topic where people are actively looking for a back and forth debate on morality, philosophy, and opinions.
It's very important to NOT turn a Discussion topic in to a Debate. This is disrespectful to the thread starter and other members. It ALWAYS ends with people getting yelled at and the topic getting closed. In extreme circumstances it can end with people getting banned. NOT because we don't welcome debates, but because you're being careless and irritating the crap out of people in a place where you shouldn't be debating.
SOME TIPS ON KEEPING DISCUSSION TOPICS FROM TURNING IN TO DEBATES:
- Don't take the bait. People love making statements to get people responding. They will question you directly, misconstrue your statements, make troll comments, or play devil's advocate. Ignore it. Things can't become a debate if you don't respond.
- Don't respond to people you don't like or that regularly piss you off. We know that some of you can't help yourselves and you just HAVE to dress down those members you hate - BUT JUST DON'T. This is as disruptive and bad as those people you fuss about.
- If you REALLY REALLY want to debate that subject - start a new topic! You're totally allowed to AND because the topic is marked as Debate people know exactly what they are getting in to. As long as everyone is civil, you can debate until your penises fall off.
- Is a thread getting out of hand and someone hasn't stepped in yet to mediate? Alert the staff! Sometimes we do miss things. Shining light on potential problem threads lets us know when something might blow up and we can simmer it down before it does. This saves a thread from getting closed, and saves dummies from ending up in trouble.
With your cooperation, we can keep the general topics area fun and free of annoyances! :D
