All Things in Moderation

I almost went pdela once.

Do you think it comes down to individuality?  Some people can moderate their own threads responsibly while others just ban opposing views.

yes, in my opinion

True, it's difficult to tell if you're moderating your own threads responsibly, at least in the eyes of others. And we have all seen peopele who obviously go overboard with the blocking, to the point where they block themselves from the community.

To go "pdela" is not really a one-time thing. It's a disorder

Its a valuable feature for dealing with p- d ... uh cuckoos!

I've never really liked the block "feature" and in 6+ years I have never blocked anyone. I think a lot of the world's problems are caused by people refusing to listen to someone they don't like or agree with. There are several people I feel were too quick to block when they simply misunderstood- but I can't explain it to them because they blocked me.

That said, there are occasions when it is necessary, and I don't see any better option than what we have now. Giving people more precise control (i.e. being able to remove specific posts or ban someone from one topic only) could be counterproductive by encouraging more censorship. At least the heavy-handedness of the block feature compels [some] people to think about their actions.

One may interpret a score, or a book adapted to film, however they wish, since it will always remain an interpretation of the text.

oh

didn't they buy it in 1995?

2005, nevermind

Hard to believe I've been using chess.com off and on since its inception.  Must have been a really successful startup.

Allow members to rate posts, but give this privilege to only a few members in the beginning, the ones whose judgement can be absolutely relied on. The mods can do this. Once a member has made a certain number of positive votes, he get the privilege to vote other posts. This way hopefully, the newer members will be motivated to contribute something positive. 

Once the positively voted members reaches a fairly large number. A new section can be created where only the positively voted members can post, and no one else. Hopefully, this will attract, GMs to post, since the significant quality, will be higher, and the GMs will know they will not be attacked or will have to deal with any trolls.

Can't see how that would that work for e.g. friends of trolls will work together to boost each other  points up. 

Sounds elitist.

All this accomplishes is censoring anyone with an unpopular opinion on anything.  Turning something as simple as discussion into a complicated political affair... genius.

And really, "whose judgment can be absolutely relied on"? I have to meet these people

there are rational unpopular opinion...and there are snarky rants...we can do without one of them...

I vote batgirl.

So are all super GM tournaments.