Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26833018-20171213180333/@comment-15895329-20171214023616

Scottish-Terror wrote: there's ways to tackle sensitive subjects, public threads are rarely one of them - especially on internet, where threads are often hijacked, derailed or just used to one-up by all levels (users and admins alike) : the best way is to find a means of getting a neutral ground (on a platform an admin can not simply close when the debate doesn't go in their favor) and starting talks that way.. those in power have to be willing to negotiate for a start..

so until we get better replies than "I don't see the problem", "this is unnecessary drama" or "x is to blame" it is best to focus on better things.

for change to happen at all there has to be a willingness to allow it, so far on this particular subject there's not a willingness to allow meaningful change : just arguments and closure of threads etc. I agree with this too, overall. Only question is what kind of neutral ground could that be? After all, admins do have certain powers and privileges. Even if we agree to have a place for discussion that an admin can't just shut down when it doesn't go their way, what guarantee would we have that that promise would be kept? After all, if tempers flare, and a given admin gets angry, they might still exercise their power to close a discussion thread down anyway.