Why is the community so toxic?
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oh no not this one again
Jan 19, 2024
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#5
Demeter_But_Better wrote:
I feel like the chess.com community is very toxic and homophobic. I recently talked to an openly homophobic person and they said that some homosexual people in their class did weird things. Agreed, they may be doing wrong things, but so do straight cis people. Why do homos get called out but not the straights? And the bullying or teasing. Sometimes people just want to show something they like when others start attacking them for that. And then they get bullied worse when they retaliate. Sure, they might be teasing but sometimes people go too far.
I do know that this is a sensitive and controversial topic, but I did feel the need to call it out, considering how serious it has started to become, and how utterly ignorant and dumb people are. Sorry people, you know who you are, and I hope you fall off a cliff.
You're right, sometimes people go too far. I wasn't far apart from your opinion, until the last sentence.
Jan 19, 2024
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#7
Half of us are wasted (no not me, I get tested) so I guess that makes us toxic waste.
Jan 19, 2024
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#8
maybe it's because albert fingernoodle committed several felonies in the gated community
Jan 20, 2024
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#9
honey, don't get me wrong.. i know you guys might be too sensitive but why do you feel you need to disclose your sexual preferences in a chess forum?
Jan 20, 2024
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#10
besides, there are people from all over the world here, all living in different cultures.. don't expose yourself and expect acceptance. you'd only hurt yourself this way <3
Demeter_But_Better wrote:
I feel like the chess.com community is very toxic and homophobic. I recently talked to an openly homophobic person and they said that some homosexual people in their class did weird things. Agreed, they may be doing wrong things, but so do straight cis people. Why do homos get called out but not the straights? And the bullying or teasing. Sometimes people just want to show something they like when others start attacking them for that. And then they get bullied worse when they retaliate. Sure, they might be teasing but sometimes people go too far.
I do know that this is a sensitive and controversial topic, but I did feel the need to call it out, considering how serious it has started to become, and how utterly ignorant and dumb people are.
Maybe, if it exists, it could be due to things like slang terms such as cis? If no-one knows the derivation, they may jump to negative and unflattering conclusions. The point is that you say you're normal and that may be true; but if you are also perceived as trying to be special and different, something may not ring quite true to some people. You're only going to get the benefit of any doubt for so long.
saggymom wrote:
besides, there are people from all over the world here, all living in different cultures.. don't expose yourself and expect acceptance. you'd only hurt yourself this way <3
That's an excellent comment and quite true.
The community is toxic because the moderators allow it to be toxic. This site values "free speech" over civility and even chess
Jan 20, 2024
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#14
Demeter_But_Better wrote:
I feel like the chess.com community is very toxic and homophobic. I recently talked to an openly homophobic person and they said that some homosexual people in their class did weird things. Agreed, they may be doing wrong things, but so do straight cis people. Why do homos get called out but not the straights? And the bullying or teasing. Sometimes people just want to show something they like when others start attacking them for that. And then they get bullied worse when they retaliate. Sure, they might be teasing but sometimes people go too far.
I do know that this is a sensitive and controversial topic, but I did feel the need to call it out, considering how serious it has started to become, and how utterly ignorant and dumb people are.
Thank you for wisely editing your last sentence out of the original post. It is an improvement. (See #5)
Antonin1957 wrote:
The community is toxic because the moderators allow it to be toxic. This site values "free speech" over civility and even chess
Yet they ban any political speech, but make political messages of their own:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/on-the-invasion-of-ukraine
Bit of hypocrisy for ya.
Demeter_But_Better wrote:
I feel like the chess.com community is very toxic and homophobic.
I see the russian trolls are active again.
Jan 20, 2024
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#17
saggymom wrote:
besides, there are people from all over the world here, all living in different cultures.. don't expose yourself and expect acceptance. you'd only hurt yourself this way <3
Yeah, saggy mom faggy dad
Rainbow unicorns
It's still rock and roll to me
Jan 20, 2024
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#18
Wits-end wrote:
Thank you for wisely editing your last sentence out of the original post. It is an improvement. (See #5)
The sentence fell off a cliff
del-3288 wrote:
honey, don't get me wrong.. i know you guys might be too sensitive but why do you feel you need to disclose your sexual preferences in a chess forum?
I'm sorry, I'm not saying I'm homosexual or anything, just why do you have to be hateful to people who are?
I feel like the chess.com community is very toxic and homophobic. I recently talked to an openly homophobic person and they said that some homosexual people in their class did weird things. Agreed, they may be doing wrong things, but so do straight cis people. Why do homos get called out but not the straights? And the bullying or teasing. Sometimes people just want to show something they like when others start attacking them for that. And then they get bullied worse when they retaliate. Sure, they might be teasing but sometimes people go too far.
I do know that this is a sensitive and controversial topic, but I did feel the need to call it out, considering how serious it has started to become, and how utterly ignorant and dumb people are.