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In reply to the discussion: What purposes are served by the religion forum that aren't better served by the interfaith forum? [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)23. Though I think the DU3 changes are really great
and would never support going back to the moderator system, there were a few advantages,
One of those was that moderators had some historical knowledge. I think that is happening to some extent in the MIRT forum, but they don't really monitor the groups the way the mods did.
On DU3, it is much easier for members to report some kind of "history" that's really not accurate. Members are generally not inclined to do the research to see whether the version they are getting is accurate or not.
It's kind of fascinating to watch the evolution of some of these stories. Reminds me of the game telephone, as often the stories bear no resemblance to the actual truth after a while.
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What purposes are served by the religion forum that aren't better served by the interfaith forum? [View all]
el_bryanto
Apr 2014
OP
This is it, exactly. The idea is to have a safe haven of sorts--the TOS spells it out.
MADem
Apr 2014
#24
Than what can we do to get it off the ground? It seems like the only threads that have legs in
el_bryanto
Apr 2014
#7
My involvement basically came out of a place where I got tired of seeing decent people get crapped
MADem
Apr 2014
#28
There was a reason for this: "Almost all of the support came from the DU atheist community".
rug
Apr 2014
#37