Death threats have happened in the past and they get you banned and all your posts removed, clear?Typist wrote:Well, ok then, here's a harsh truth which we won't protect anybody from.And to be fair, this is a harsh truth that applies to most forums, not just this one.
Just about anybody can join and say just about anything. There are no real content standards, other than we can't spam or upload our porn collections. Death threats may be out, but that's not really clear.
This is your subjective opinion but is the issue when it comes to moderation. As should I use my subjective tastes to say who is and is not a best poster? Who is writing 'correct' philosophy and who is not? My experience is that posters come and go.The result of this editing philosophy here on PhilosophyNow and many other forums is that all the best posters have wandered off one by one by one.
I do not post because I think being a mod gives me an position of power that makes it unfair to those who may reply, as they may tailor their responses to my thoughts due to fear of being banned, etc.Neither the forum owner, mods or PhilosophyNow writers participate here, leaving the field to be dominated by immature and often highly inarticulate typoholic bozos like myself, chaz, arising etc, who have become the public face of PhilosophyNow magazine on the internet.
In general those who get their work published in the magazine are those who have studied, are studying or are working in the field of philosophy, as such they tend to not post or converse in internet forums as the conversation with the un-philosophically educated is at a level that they've left behind.
There is now a section where articles from PN are published and if you wish a better level of discussion then I think this is where you should be replying. Who knows, the writers may reply if your thoughts are of interest. If not, there is nothing stopping anyone from posting what they would consider a better class of philosophical post. If I look around there are quite a few large posts concerning personal metaphysics, ethics, religion, etc.
You appear concerned about this public-face of the PN magazine, are you a subscriber? If so, why not post what you think would be a better post. Set an example so to speak. Or you could just complain to Admin.
Again this is your subjective judgement but you have an odd habit of knowing what others think.You aren't running a philosophy forum anymore, but managing an insane asylum. Which you already know, but are too polite to say.
Are you saying I should ban you or others for immaturity? For fantastical poses? For being inarticulate? Should I delete or edit the parts of this post that I think are not philosophical?I hope this is harsh enough!
But is it depressing like old age, disease and death etc? That's entirely up to us.
Do we embrace the reality, or reject it? Do we embrace our immaturity, our inarticulateness, the fantasy poses we have created for ourselves, our typoholic mania? Do you embrace the fact that this forum makes PhilosophyNow magazine look like a Saturday morning cartoon show?
Or do we smile, shrug, pass the popcorn, and get on with the business of our hilarious imperfection?
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If one reads and subscribes to the magazine then I doubt the forum has much impact. If those who do read and subscribe are upset by the forum content then I'd expect them to post what they think are more appropriate examples of philosophical thought. Do you think much of this post is such an example?
There are plenty of forums were a more rigorous approach is taken when deciding what content is or is not philosophical and what language can or cannot be used when talking with other members. So far I think this forum fairly accurately reflects the spectrum of human behaviour in the real world, there are nasty people out there, but if in future the Admin decide that this forum needs to change its moderating approach then I'll be happy to implement whatever they decide. Not sure some will like it though.
AMod.
