for posting in our weekly threads here playing devil's advocate where I state hard questions that I do not necessarily feel are correct.
Please understand that the practice of playing devils advocate has never been to foster discussion. Whatever value it had has been completely obliterated in this misinformation age. Presenting flawed arguments as a rhetorical device is generally a waste of your audience's time at best. At worst it makes you appear to be an ignorant troll.
Are niche Communities correct for banning anyone who downvotes?
Contextually yes. If 1 person's downvotes represent a significant fraction of the total votes, and that person on average downvotes more than upvotes, I would argue a ban is appropriate because clearly that user does not enjoy engaging the content posted.
Do downvotes represent a "disagree" button for you (this Community notwithstanding)?
Always has been.
Most importantly, what would it take to change this?
Nothing. It's not a problem.
Does it help build the Community? What about the platform as a whole?
Ever heard of the Knights of New? Downvotes filter low quality, irrelevant, and illegal content.
Is there a way to build a "safe space" without building an echo chamber online? Is that even a valuable thing to build?
People really need to take responsibility for their media diets and stop conflating every group consensus with an echo chamber. You are in control of what communities you participate in. One can find communities built around almost any idea or belief.
If you go to a community formed around a concept and play devils advocate... you deserve what you get. That doesn't make it an echo chamber. Just makes you captain Ahab.
That was the same Oscars? Didn't know that! Never seen the RW rendition of the song either tho!
Fair enough. FYI as a Canadian the south park Canada jokes are fucking hilarious! I think a lot of the endearment goes over non-Canadians heads. We're more like the celebrity that considers it an honour to be on the show in the first place.
I'm guessing you've seen a lot more unironic Canada hate than I have though.
I'll post it in the next few days if you don't change your mind.
Thanks for participating in the community regardless!
Conspiracy time: The individuals planting flags on sacred mountains and yelling, "death to Canada," are useful idiots that are promoted within the movement by bad actors. They sabotage movements by undermining the quality of their leadership and subverting the message.
Of course that's because our leaders are complicit in the Palestinian genocide. A fact that would become top of mind if Netanyahu's regime were publicly regarded like putims.
Alternate title: Generation that venerateddisregarded books reading for the first time
edit: omg for some reason I thought venerated meant dislike (it means the opposite!!). This is what happens when you're given books at too young an age folks. You pull fancy words out of your ass cuz they vibe right. But you risk realizing that you probably inferred the wrong definition from wherever you learnt it.
You're taking a reasonable position and pushing beyond it's reasonable limits.
that is what things like the SPCA and law enforcement are for.
SPCA is a non-profit society. I don't think they have the resources to hunt down puppy mills actively trying to subvert prohibition. RCMP is a national police force. I'm fairly certain puppy mills would fall near the bottom of their priorities list.
Prohibition never works as a substitute for regulation. Look at alcohol, drugs, and prostitution. Not only does prohibition utterly fail at eliminating these practices, it demonstrably exposes people to exploitation and harm.
Prohibiting animal breeding would just mean that the people who chose to do it would have no incentive to ensure their animals aren't subjected to cruelty or harm.
Agreed. There's a massive difference between an active community member with high standards and a random downvoting everything.
If your community is low traffic than 1 downvote troll can really damage a community posts engagement.