Just so people are aware... We are users first, moderators second.
I personally engage with debate/discussion before I ever resort to moderating someone... And many others on the team do the same.
It's healthy.
That... And we don't tend to go on a tangent and ban someone without discussion between the other mods anyway, we always seek that extra opinion as other moderators may have additional information and/or context.
Secondly... The Charlie Kirk thread was locked because it was just plain toxic. - There was nothing positive or constructive about it... However threads CAN be unlocked after they are locked, but there would need to be a change for that to take place so that discussions don't continue down the same destructive and negative tangent. - If you feel a thread should be unlocked, just send someone on the mod team a message.
Thirdly... Politics is in everything, technology, gaming... It's all intertwined, forums like Toms Hardware you can't even mention "Trump" without being moderated, even when the article talks about Trump.
But, there is a line between productive discussion and just pitch-fork mentality, progressive or conservative, it really doesn't matter, we need to move beyond that.
We are all on vgchartz because we are gamers. We should not be split down the middle. We are one group...
This thread is the perfect opportunity for people to provide input in how things can change and improve... But rather than take that constructive approach... Surprise surprise, it's just that some old finger pointing garbage again. Lets do better.
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