Civility subsection suggestion

[Edwardo Piet]

So Alpha had a good idea that he brought up in a different thread, and I liked it and wanted to present it here as a suggestion. 

The idea was to have a single subforum with its own set of rules, geared towards civil discussion about serious topics. The rules for civility would be along the lines of: no insults, no mocking, no off topic posts, etc.... similar rules as the introduction section. Basically an "if you're just here to sling BS and not for honest discussion, don't post" rule, lol. This would also be different from the debate section, as that section is for formal one on one debate, and not for simple discussion among various people who choose to pop in and participate.     

I understand the value of free speech here, so let me reiterate that these rules would not apply to the rest of the forums. This would merely be a single reserved section for people who want civil discussion and exchange of ideas about serious topics, without having to comb through all the insults, shit posts, mocking comments, random memes, etc. If someone does not like the terms/conditions, they need not use that section.  

I figure if we have a rlyeh section for relaxed rules, why not also have the opposite option? 

Anyway, just a thought.

It seems like a needless complication for the mod team.  Forums with rules like that are pretty easy to find.  I doubt if anyone who signs up to enforce the rules we have now is going to be happy to have to jump between the mindset of enforcing one set of rules in order to get in the mindset required to enforce the other.  I'd say no way.  We already have a kid gloves rules section for introductions.

Oh I don't think CL was suggesting that it should be against the AF Rules as a whole to be uncivil in the civility subforum. I think the idea is that any posts that were uncivil in the civility section would get removed.

But I agree it's a load of extra work for the mods so it would probably never actually be implemented. If you want somewhere with civility go to another website.