Of course. Of course. And I'm not saying we can't dick around a little, troll a little, or even fight with each other. Thats natural in websites and in life. However, I don't think the website should allow communities to be created CENTERED around bullying. Its like this. Imagine at a school there is a fighting problem. There are three ways to go around this. 1)Zero Tolerance. 2)Cracking down on the bullies 3)Allow the students to create a bullying club. What we don't want to happen is 1. Because then innocent people are caught up in the drama, or fights with actual reason behind it get treated like your average bullying case. 2 is ideal. Things are dealed with case to case. Of course fights will happen, but because not all fights are the same, they get treated at the level they actually are. And then you have 3. Which is what the reddit community is now. They have taken a hands off approach from the bullies and what has happened? They have created an area to learn how to bully better, learn what to bully, and plan out attacks.
Wow... that school example really fit better than I thought it would. Anyways, I guess thats just it. We need to take it case by case for the differences.
Of course. Of course. And I'm not saying we can't dick around a little, troll a little, or even fight with each other. Thats natural in websites and in life. However, I don't think the website should allow communities to be created CENTERED around bullying. Its like this. Imagine at a school there is a fighting problem. There are three ways to go around this. 1)Zero Tolerance. 2)Cracking down on the bullies 3)Allow the students to create a bullying club. What we don't want to happen is 1. Because then innocent people are caught up in the drama, or fights with actual reason behind it get treated like your average bullying case. 2 is ideal. Things are dealed with case to case. Of course fights will happen, but because not all fights are the same, they get treated at the level they actually are. And then you have 3. Which is what the reddit community is now. They have taken a hands off approach from the bullies and what has happened? They have created an area to learn how to bully better, learn what to bully, and plan out attacks.
Wow... that school example really fit better than I thought it would. Anyways, I guess thats just it. We need to take it case by case for the differences.