Rant posts do not belong on GD

The Ecdysiast·5/19/2019, 3:45:24 AM·3 votes·3,390 views

This is a general problem with moderators not understanding the purpose of having specific sections separate from a General section, but it's worse with the Rant board.

The Rant board is specifically for people who aren't actually making a substantive case, are ignorant of or willfully ignoring stats and the like, and are generally just angry at something or another because they lost a game. Or in other words.... people who aren't looking to have a discussion. They're looking to rant.

And being that they aren't actually a discussion topic, rants don't fall under the guidelines for General Discussion.

11 Comments

ModThe Djinn5/19/2019, 3:15:39 PM5 votes

This is very much the sort of situation that moderator discretion exists for. As a board, General Discussion has always been a place where pretty much anything is allowed to fly, and I don't want to lose too much of that through over moderation. In the case of threads complaining or venting specifically, there is a certain somewhat ambiguous area in which they are acceptable content for both boards. I would certainly be amenable to culling some of the more egregiously aggressive rant threads, but I think moving every venting or complaint thread to the Rant board would be over moderation of General Discussion.

Gorderkiller5/19/2019, 4:37:52 AM2 votes

Finally ive been trying to tell a certain MOD about this shit and they wouldnt listen. Thx for explaining