Saw this on the “Philosophy Mattress” Facebook page. A reminder about their moderation rules. We are definitely looser than them.
It has been a long while since we’ve said this, but since it’s a new year (and a rather weird one) it’s worth repeating: we don’t tolerate ad hominems, misinformation, the repetition of demonstrably false claims, name calling, hatefulness, and generally puerile behavior or childish comments. We just had to clean up a lot of that. It is, on the other hand, OK to have contrary or contrarian opinions, as long as they are expressed in a thoughtful, mature and responsible way. If you want to troll, misbehave, sling mud, opine out of your ass or propagate lies, you have the entirety of the Internet to do that, but this one little teeny tiny corner of it is not the place.