Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-4533965-20141229233245/@comment-1669199-20141231004808


 * Adding a description for links:

As others have stated, I see no reason to add a description if it is a link of something very mild. Besides, if we happen to link to something that someone doesn't like, I see no reason why they can't just close the tab and be done with it. No one can force anyone here to watch/look at something they don't want anything to do with.

Censoring the entire swear word:

I believe I mentioned a similar perspective to Myself 123 on this point: "if people are offended by the idea of swearing, then we might as well ban it outright, but that you [would] be ridiculously constricting on the community." There's no point in partially censoring certain words if people are going to make an uproar about it anyway, so if cursing if so important to most of everyone here yet they don't want to actually SEE what is written then the only logical choice we have is to censor the whole thing. No beating around the bush. Otherwise, get rid of it entirely so its no longer a problem.

Mentioning drugs, sex, politics, religion, and such:

I definitely concur with BlueSpeeder's arguments on this point. All this policy is doing is giving the impression that we're pro-censorship towards freedom of speech. I see nothing wrong with talking about the stuff objectively -- unless the majority of you feel like proving me wrong, I think you're certainly capable of using an objective approach to various topics when it is appropriate -- in other words, enter and view a topic logically and without having your personal prejudices affect you to such a degree that the mere mention of the topic will have your blood boiling in seconds. If we want to talk about a political issue that is occurring in the real world, for example, I see no reason why the person attempting to bring the news to his or her peers should be singled out when all they were trying to do is relay information to us and/or encourage some light, civil conversation about it. Same with drugs, sex, religion, etc.. Obviously some limits should be set, but how we've been approaching these particular issues has been starting to bother me for a while now.