Actual Discussion - Lemmy.ca
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Are you tired of going into controversial threads and having people not discuss things, circlejerking, or using emotional responses in place of logic? Us too. Welcome to Actual Discussion! DO: - Be civil. This does not mean you shouldn’t challenge people, just don’t be a dick about it. - Upvote interesting points and things that are well-articulated, even if you may not agree. - Be prepared to back up any claims you make with an unbiased source. - Admit when you are incorrect or spoke poorly. Upvote when you see others correct themselves or change their mind. - Feel free to be a “Devil’s Advocate”. You do not have to be a believer either side of an issue in order to generate solid points on a view. DO NOT: - Call people names or label people. We fight ideas, not people. - Mindlessly downvote people you disagree with - only downvote people that do not add to the discussion. - Be a bot, spam, or engage in self-promotion. - Duplicate posts from within the last month unless new information is surfaced on the topic. - Strawman. - Copy entire article in your post body. It’s just messy.

#What do you want to talk about?

We’re brand new, but I hope you’ll have a word or two. Looking for mods who can write and love discussing a variety of topics!

    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
      5·
      10 months ago

      It doesn’t have to be apolitical- it’s how about the discussion is conducted and not immediately thinking a person who disagrees with you is evil incarnate. Very tough to moderate though, and requires participants to really be behind the ethos, I guess

      • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, it may be hard to set the tone at first without alienating anyone. I’m hoping that I’m up for it.

    • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I’m okay with political and encourage it as long as people have sound reasoning to back it up.

      I’ve changed my mind on many political topics after a good discussion!

    • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Absolutely! It’s the first community I’ve run on Lemmy, so I’ll definitely have to pull from how you post it if that’s okay.

      Maybe something like: “If you like Casual Conversation instead of Competitive Ranked conversation, try [email protected] !”

  • gapbetweenus@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Cool idea, I think you need to start some discussion yourself first so it’s not that empty.

    • Ace T'KenOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Was going to start doing a few topics today, actually. Slept like garbage though so they may be… dumber than standard.