EVE General Discussion

I think the OP of that thread ought to have had his posting privileges revoked for making a thread that bad.

It seems EVE-like to allow some level of rivalry in the forums, but too often it degrades into childish insults and harassment. This is a game. Before you hit 'Post' ask yourself what would happen if you said it to their face. If the answer is "I'd get hit" then you should probably hit backspace.

It is like debate classes,except that you have people of different ages, nationalities and cultures, that may not conceive debate in the same light... but all are sharing the same passion, in different ways.
You just need a good leather armor, but overall it is not that bad...
Except for the goons lobbyists, those ones are really bad

First of all, I think ISD is doing a great job keeping the forums clean. For example, I have reported this thread for discussing forum moderation and I'm pretty sure it will be locked (maybe even before I finish typing this post).

Second thing is, if your original post is meaningful and have at least some common sense and EVE related content, you will notice that the replies are useful.

Best explanation for GD behavior I've ever read.

Allowing people to have opinions creates the whole issue in the first place.

Abolish opinions.
Teach people how to think properly.


Problem solved.

It's not even possible to recognize every troll out there.

Think about Tippia. She's been trolling these forums for years
and she can keep doing it forever, because she's doing it right! xD

Aww lookit isn't it cute

Well sure, but that's because “doing it right” entails not actually trolling, but rather having lots of people tick the wrong box in the simple questionnaire Dave Stark posted.

Nope. This is a delusion. I've posted good ideas that were well received, and I've seen many good ideas that I can get behind. What you're talking about here is Dunning-Kruger on behalf of the badposter who thinks they're a goodposter but doesn't realise how bad they are.



There are already rules against posting in poor taste. See up there at the top right of the screen where there's a link to the forum rules? I suggest you read them. They define in no uncertain terms what is in poor taste.

I might just add, also, that if you don't like the way communication takes place in these forums, you would not survive long in an academic arena. The peer review process is scary, like a pack of sharks coming to dismember your idea limb from limb without mercy. There is no such thing as polite communication when you submit a thesis or a paper for review - they just tell you its bad, and why. Straight to the point. They'll even give you really bad side-eye if it's in person. In fact, you'll get the side-eye even if they like the idea.



There already is. CCP will ban people from the forums that are repeatedly breaking the forum rules, or in extreme cases, on the first offense. You're not producing a productive discussion.. What you're doing parallels asking for safety in highsec - you want a cottonwool padding around your precious 'feelings'. The thing is, no one likes being disagreed with, and no one has to. Everyone, however, has to accept that everyone else has the right to disagree and the right to be blunt about it, even if it offends you. If we stop criticising bad ideas just because the person being criticised feels offended, which is offense more often than not claimed over mere disagreement, then the bad ideas go left unchecked.

By the way, what separates a bad idea from a good idea are the merits of the argument for or against, not whether or not someone is offended by it.