It has long been established that forums, by their nature, bring people together to argue. The best of these the arguments are focused on the topic at hand. It was never peaceful. In Rome there were fist fights. In parliaments in recent times there have been brawls. It is no different here but it seems the rules have changed since I stopped watching debates on chess.com four years ago and have recently returned to join the fray.
Now, thanks to a small number of people, before your comments are replied to, you are first rated based on several unrelated factors: your age, the age of your account, your chess rating. whether you have good grammar skills, who your friends and supporters are here, what your political view is, the number of posts you enter on other topics, your choice of avatar, even your choice of name.
Beware the perfectionists and soap box dwellers. If you do not meet their requirements in some or all of these areas your opinion will be disregarded and you will be attacked personally until the subject of the debate is lost in the verbal salad of derision.
Is there a solution? The open forums are not the worst examples. The clubs have less supervision and can be compared to the middle school playground where the weak or meek are pummeled daily.
I'm quite sure if anyone has anything to add here at all, the first comments might very well be a perfect example .
Agreed.
It has long been established that forums, by their nature, bring people together to argue. The best of these the arguments are focused on the topic at hand. It was never peaceful. In Rome there were fist fights. In parliaments in recent times there have been brawls. It is no different here but it seems the rules have changed since I stopped watching debates on chess.com four years ago and have recently returned to join the fray.
Now, thanks to a small number of people, before your comments are replied to, you are first rated based on several unrelated factors: your age, the age of your account, your chess rating. whether you have good grammar skills, who your friends and supporters are here, what your political view is, the number of posts you enter on other topics, your choice of avatar, even your choice of name.
Beware the perfectionists and soap box dwellers. If you do not meet their requirements in some or all of these areas your opinion will be disregarded and you will be attacked personally until the subject of the debate is lost in the verbal salad of derision.
Is there a solution? The open forums are not the worst examples. The clubs have less supervision and can be compared to the middle school playground where the weak or meek are pummeled daily.
I'm quite sure if anyone has anything to add here at all, the first comments might very well be a perfect example .
Hmm. I think everyone could agree that it can be difficult to have a reasoned discussion. Those who want to discuss controversial or proscribed topics are guided to the clubs.
The clubs are deliberately left unsupervised. Moderation there, if any, is left to the owners and admins.