| Veknoid_Outcast said: While it's true that much of the burden falls on the shoulders of the mod team - and it's a responsibility the team embraces - I also think that individual initiative plays an important role. There are many ways that members, myself included, can improve the forum on their own, whether by participating in more meaningful dialogue or by refusing to respond in kind to baiting, incendiary remarks. I recognize that it's difficult, though. Letting a provocative comment go unanswered isn't always easy. And it's not so simple to show respect for what might seem like an unfair or unrealistic opinion. But I think we can get better about it. |
Yeah, I think perhaps I should have used 'improbable' there instead of suggesting 'impossible'. It's sometimes such a thankless (and often fruitless) task to try and rein in the extremes though. That's not to say we should just stop ... it's just to say it becomes too much of a focus. The perfect example is GAF in which there IS a 'hive mind' even though people like to believe there isn't. This is emphasised by being the sort of person that doesn't post that often there. I voiced a 'concern' about Uncharted: A Thief's End and got well adn truly shut down. I had dozens of posters jumping on my post and even though I'd already resolved the issue pages later (phew), other people who had just entered the thread began to quote me again. How do you remain ballanced and patient in the face of those odds? I just gave up even though I found the subject interesting and worth mentioning.
Thankfully (and I don't mean this with any disrespect) THIS site has far fewer members, so perhaps you are right and members CAN have some influence. We'll see, but as you've already seen in this very thread, the idea of compartmentalisation has been ignored.
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