Feminism, and Masculinity: How to have a more useful conversation.

[Pam]

Unfortunately, in my opinion, Lowell maintains a very low level of moderation here.

If you want a moderator to step in, you have to report the post. They don't read every post on every thread.

[Canadian Visitor]

If you want a moderator to step in, you have to report the post. They don't read every post on every thread.

I have. So have others.

There is clearly a laissez-faire doctrine here of intervening in only the most extreme cases.

Unfortunately that ruins a lot of threads around here.

It wouldn't take a great deal of effort to clean it up.

Suspend or ban the two or three worst offenders and everyone would come into line.

[jcole]

I have. So have others.

There is clearly a laissez-faire doctrine here of intervening in only the most extreme cases.

Unfortunately that ruins a lot of threads around here.

It wouldn't take a great deal of effort to clean it up.

Suspend or ban the two or three worst offenders and everyone would come into line.

99.9% of the time I agree with you but IIRC, Lowell's goal in creating non-Detroit was to allow some leeway in getting a little feisty. I also agree with you that it can get so far off track that you are riding an entirely different train, if not switching to an airplane. I think his original intent was to let these threads police themselves, but recently it's gotten so bad he finally had to step in.

[coracle]

It wouldn't take a great deal of effort to clean it up.

Suspend or ban the two or three worst offenders and everyone would come into line.

Just DUMPING Canadian Visitor would achieve it in “ONE”. Eh!