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Fuschia tude
Dec 26, 2004

THUNDERDOME LOSER 2019

KillHour posted:

To be honest, there are threads in D&D that I see as more "debatey" where the point is to sit and consume the arguments, and ones where I see as more "discussy" where there's things changing and happening at a fast pace and I come here to get news. I think in the latter, I don't really care if poster x gives their opinion on some CNN piece because I came here for the CNN piece, not the poster. Goons manage to be a much better news aggregator than the actual news aggregators, it turns out.

I agree that a summary of what a big article or video is about is important though.

Yeah, I think this is very true. "Fite me" vs. TVIVing an ongoing news story, like the U/R thread, are completely different types of threads with different goals, for both participants and readers, so I think they need different approaches to moderation. What's trolling and baiting in one context may be perfectly acceptable and even expected in the other.

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