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Your actually making the, 'optics' argument? We don't compromise, we never have and now that things are about to pop off, we really don't need to. Those of any quality, will come to us. If you want soy boys that are gender binary something or rather, the reddit mothership awaits you.
I think you missed it. I am making the "fun" argument. You aren't fun.
You are 100% correct though. If we were to model this a little bit, we could say something like:
1) We keep the standards high, those that want to join will need to come here fully formed.
... or we could say something like:
2) We should lower our standards to let in more people that aren't fully formed and use the existing mechanisms complete the the training for the noobs so they are properly and fully trained to handle free thought, free speech and free association.
I am not saying either of those. I am saying, let's keep the standards high but raise the volume on the party. Let's have some fun. And, like with all communication, let's not forget relative context / relative guide posts. Meaning that if we ONLY focus on fun we loose quality. If we focus on the control points and complaining we loose the fun.
These are not mutually exclusive goals.
well i agree with here, too much trying to 'have fun' and not enough urgency, based info exchanging & activism to push the overton window. It's like a bunch of R/politics consooomers here. Dissappointed with this site, the new Voat sucks, miss the old Voat & am actively trying out other alternatives or going it alone. Very little intellectual debate or stimulating contributions besides a few of the same users.
1) We are far too intense.
I am making the "fun" argument. You aren't fun.
This is what i'm talking about, it's not nearly intense or serious enough here IMO & you're trying to have more fun. Go to Plebbit.
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