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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong
I think my reaction is governed by my ideas of what is good about 2p2. It should be entertaining and provocative without being boring. And I’ll rarely if ever react out of my feelings being hurt, but I understand that others can and do react this way.
My underlying view of +rep is that he can be and is both provocative and entertaining, but becomes boring when he turns things into personal duels, and he has little or no regard for the fact that others can and do get their feelings hurt.
I also have the view that mods should take a light touch rather than a heavy one, and that social pressure does as good or better at improving post quality.
personal duels are a 2-way street, but i agree with the bolded- this is potentially a character flaw of mine. i am mostly content to let bygones be bygones once the dust settles- clearly i've berated jmakin and neil s numerous times for their actions in babs' thread, but i leave it within the thread.
jmakin posts in politics regularly and we never have any personal spats, not only because we agree about most topics but because i recognize that it's unbecoming and unnecessary to bring drama from babs' thread (which is one big ****show, by design) into anything over in the politics forum. 27o doesnt seem to grasp this concept and takes any opportunity he can to attack me- and i'm fine with that, but once you start throwing around threats of containment and banning while doing it, well then we're gonna have a problem and my hand is going to be forced. so here we are.