As a trial, subject to revocation at any time, at discretion of Mods or the Site Owner.
Play nicely with each other and any individual or party being discussed.
From the AUP:
10.1.2. (your contribution) is not defamatory
12.1 Contributions must be civil and tasteful.
12.2 No disruptive, offensive or abusive behaviour: contributions must be constructive and polite, not mean-spirited or contributed with the intention of causing trouble.
I’ll add for clarity:
- No personal comments (against user or 3rd party)
- Justify your opinion; don’t just throw a comment out there that isn’t backed up
- Debate the point made, not the person making it or any individual/party referenced
- No stereotyping
- “Dog whistle” and underhanded reporting is common in the media; anything perceived as based on or replicating those types of inflammatory or provably disingenuous arguments may be deleted, but expect to be challenged
- As much as possible, rely on facts and use trustworthy references, not emotion
- Respect that other people have a different opinion and be empathetic; try to understand their view as I’m sure you want them to understand yours
Generally we steer away from in-depth political discussion, because it can cause massive disharmony, quickly.
There’ll be mod chat behind the scenes so we can form a consensus on whether this remains alive.
All I guarantee is that if it doesn’t remain civil, balanced, rooted in logic, and in line with the above it’ll be yeetus deletus.
If it’s too much hassle to mod, it goes.
If it becomes toxic, it goes.
This isn’t Facebook or Twitter. Don’t debate like that. There are no “mic drops”, “look it up”, or “FACTS” style comments here.