Just about any forum thread that goes on for pages ends up in an argument. I think this can be avoided with strict rules and users who reinforce the culture.
As far as reddit goes I find the larger the number of subscribers to a subreddit the worse it gets. However depending on the topic of the subreddit even a niche small subreddit can be toxic in some way. This tracks here as well.
I would like to see more discussion about an artificial technical or skill barrier needed to participate on a website or service. This might sound elitist but keeping “normies” out goes a long way to helping keep the discussion quality high. Even having something as simple as an “ugly” more text based interface helps.
I used to think everyone should have access to the internet back in the day. After that happened I changed my mind
always used to be like this even back in the PHP BB forum days. Except back then it was something like “all threads eventually lead to Hitler”
If a forum thread was long enough, several pages in, eventually it would get to a hitler reference for something and then you knew that thread was done.
Just about any forum thread that goes on for pages ends up in an argument. I think this can be avoided with strict rules and users who reinforce the culture.
As far as reddit goes I find the larger the number of subscribers to a subreddit the worse it gets. However depending on the topic of the subreddit even a niche small subreddit can be toxic in some way. This tracks here as well.
I would like to see more discussion about an artificial technical or skill barrier needed to participate on a website or service. This might sound elitist but keeping “normies” out goes a long way to helping keep the discussion quality high. Even having something as simple as an “ugly” more text based interface helps.
I used to think everyone should have access to the internet back in the day. After that happened I changed my mind
always used to be like this even back in the PHP BB forum days. Except back then it was something like “all threads eventually lead to Hitler”
If a forum thread was long enough, several pages in, eventually it would get to a hitler reference for something and then you knew that thread was done.
There’s an argument that online forums should be kept to CLI interfaces with obscure controls. For that reason.