07-18-2016, 05:03 AM
(07-14-2016, 07:12 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(07-14-2016, 06:36 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: This Forum seems to be more choosy about who gets on. I know of at least two posters ("Feds are out to get me" and "Social Security is a Ponzi scheme") from the old Forum who are not here. I had those posters on my Ignore List.
There are some who are not here and from my perspective not missed. The stronger moderation seems to have improved things.
I may be imagining it, but there does seem to be a tendency to entrench in partisan perspectives here, though. This might be the presidential election cycle? I seem to recall that as the major elections approach, people double down on a need for their values to triumph. I can understand, but for me it results in shrill and shallow reading.
I think it is the election. I generally read American Conservative and Vox to get a stereo view of things. In non-election years I typical encounter a handful of articles on either one that are jarring enough that I stop reading it. This year I ecounter more jarring articles, particularly on AC. I expect next year things will settle back to normal.