I read a by that made me think. As you may know, I'm an idiot. If I'm forced to think that should mean something. You know what I thought about? Poal's culture. Specifically, the fate of our friendly, community atmosphere and how we use the voting buttons. Did I make a bunch of subs in one day to tease Hans? Yes. However, if he posts in those subs (which he now mods with me) it's (mostly) topical.
I noticed that he has a lot of downvotes. None of those have ever been me. Not even once. Not even a comment. In fact, I'll be going through the subs I share with Hans and asking people who downvoted Hans for an explanation. To my knowledge, he has only spammed once and that has been clearly labeled.
I used to think "Hans should be more like . He has a lot of the same ideas, but he's quiet about it." I've come to realize that I was asking for him to self-censor. Hans is hostile, refuses to explain himself and cannot accept criticism. This doesn't mean he doesn't deserve free speech. Imagine if this site gets millions of users. We'll have thousands of Hans's. Will we downvote them all no matter where they post? How can we justify them not downvoting anything they dislike?
To be clear, I will still complain about Hans. I will still bother him. I will still feel joy about those bothering him. I will not let Hans be an excuse to change Poal's culture. Neither should any of you.
I read a [post ](https://poal.co/s/Transvestigation/63283)by @Ivan that made me think. As you may know, I'm an idiot. If I'm forced to think that should mean something. You know what I thought about? Poal's culture. Specifically, the fate of our friendly, community atmosphere and how we use the voting buttons. Did I make a bunch of subs in one day to tease Hans? Yes. However, if he posts in those subs (which he now mods with me) it's (mostly) topical.
I noticed that he has a lot of downvotes. None of those have ever been me. Not even once. Not even a comment. In fact, I'll be going through the subs I share with Hans and asking people who downvoted Hans for an explanation. To my knowledge, he has only spammed [s/Transvestigation ](https://poal.co/s/Transvestigation/hot)once and that has been clearly labeled.
I used to think "Hans should be more like @smokratez. He has a lot of the same ideas, but he's quiet about it." I've come to realize that I was asking for him to self-censor. Hans is hostile, refuses to explain himself and cannot accept criticism. This doesn't mean he doesn't deserve free speech. Imagine if this site gets millions of users. We'll have thousands of Hans's. Will we downvote them all no matter where they post? How can we justify them not downvoting anything they dislike?
To be clear, I will still complain about Hans. I will still bother him. I will still feel joy about those bothering him. I will not let Hans be an excuse to change Poal's culture. Neither should any of you.
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