Mumsnet Brings In Tougher Forum Rules

[cduggles]

At bl the same issue could and is a problem ie calling a Trump supporter an idiot etc is actually an insult based on a group of people tbh.

That's an interesting point. We've had this discussion on staff regarding CE&P multiple times because certain BLers sharing a "group" political affiliation repeatedly complained that they are a protected group and deserve the same protections as when a slur is used to describe an non-white non-Christian immigrant, for example.

I'm not sure how other forums would handle it, but this is Current Events and Politics. It's a bit difficult to imagine discussing politics without using terms describing political affiliation. Try it.

And there is a difference between calling a group of people idiots than stating "you are a libtard SJW cuck". One is about a group, and one is directed at a single person.

And some people have a strong need to label others. For example, I get called a liberal. I'm not liberal except on some social policy. "I don't care what you do as long as I don't have to pay for it" unless it's good public health policy, like harm reduction.

The labels are reductive for people who don't quite fit into a pigeonhole, which is most people, but most BLers can live with being mislabeled politically, ime.
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Wow! This thread has gone off-topic, but in a positive and interesting way except for the fact that BL policy isn't at all the topic here nor is it appropriate, but I don't think OP would be offended about discussing mothers and children as opposed to the issue of challenges in the internet era. Quite the contrary.

Please continue unless one of my colleagues feels otherwise.

 

[zephyr]

I dunno if talking about the internet in general or here is really that off topic due to the phrasing of said post

Paralleling changes that we've seen spreading across the internet from here to Reddit to newspaper comments sections in the last few years, Mumsnet has now moved to introduce stricter moderation standards, with the intention of "banning negative generalisations about any group and introducing a policy of zero tolerance on rude or aggressive behaviour."

Are we entering the era of Internet 3.0 now? These are interesting times for sociologists.

"Here" is mentioned, so I digress maybe it is maybe it isnt.


The problem of clamping down on flavour of the month terminology like listed in OP is that these terms are favoured by those who use them as a fad sometimes. I dont know what "cis" even is and dont really use terms that piss me off personally. I swear a lot.

The whole "fake news" "fake patiotism" "false analogy" repetitive "slang" does really annoy me because it just sounds robotic for a start, is as boring as "sjw cuck" is - all really banal.


None of them seem particularly insulting just annoying , the sjw thing is disappearing now thank god. So is snowflake, thats not that bad just also really boring.

In an area like mumsnet, which having a look is a specific target audience anyway, those terms could just stand out as unfitting . A ban wouldnt have been needed if picked up and dealt with a little more smoothly .

This particular website has been overseen by a lot of people over the years and has changed and evolved/regressed along with the times and people coming and going.

What happens happens, the dont like it- leave thing is a good call, dont know what till its gone- too late then too. Having gone through a lot of shit here, seeing the various swings and roundabouts has just highlighted theres much ado about nothing and maybe we should just chillax.

 

[cduggles]

^ I agree. %)