We have a young, but effective state-level pro-2A organization. They do great work. Their social media discussion page, however, is a dumpster fire.

The only rules they have asked people to follow on the page are 1) No Profanity and 2) Be Nice. The former is because kids are welcome. The latter is because they are trying to grow the organization.

For some reason, there are folks that these requests are too much for. Not only can/will they not do as requested, when anyone calls them on it, they resort to screaming "Muh Rights", "First Amendment"*, Second Amendment", name-calling and "well, this is a discussion page."

Leadership tends toward "don't do this, or I'll repeat myself."

Granted, it's only a handful of people out of right about 10,000 that make it suck, but it's turning people away.

When did "Be Nice" get to be such a burden for people?

*Given that nobody is calling for Congressional action on the page, I fail to see where the 1A applies. It makes you wonder if they've ever read the words.

Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Every time you think you make something idiot-proof, evolution serves up a better idiot.

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Originally posted by Herknav:
Not only can/will they not do as requested, when anyone calls them on it, they resort to screaming "Muh Rights", "First Amendment...

*Given that nobody is calling for Congressional action on the page, I fail to see where the 1A applies. It makes you wonder if they've ever read the words.

Lots of people seem to have that misconception. They fail to grasp that the Bill of Rights puts limits on the government, not on private citizens/companies/etc.

You even see that around here from time to time.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Lots of people seem to have that misconception. They fail to grasp that the Bill of Rights puts limits on the government, not on private citizens/companies/etc.

This. It amazes me how many intelligent people do not understand this.


Ultimately, if the board management continues to take the “don't do that or I'll repeat myself” approach the same people will continue to behave badly. They can say that the behavior is unacceptable all day long but until they refuse to tolerate the behavior it will continue.

You said it’s only a handful of members. If the offending accounts were deleted and the e-mails were banned, I bet that when they signed back up under a different e-mail account they would follow the guidelines better. If not the first time then eventually.

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Originally posted by Herknav:
Their social media discussion page, however, is a dumpster fire.

Not surprised. I don't think I have seen one social media discussion page that isn't a dumpster fire. I used to belong to around a dozen that crossed various topics but now I am down to one only because it's funny and no one takes themselves too serious (shitbox nation).

Most social media is a dumpster fire.