The Cave is biased in favor of...

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The community seems to be convinced The Cave is biased in favor of one particular political wing, but can't quote agree which one.

Discuss (with maps if you don't have anything better to do this Friday afternoon.)

[Murica!]

Considering your consistent neglect of duty in relation to Nazi's and fascists, obviously the right.

[The Other Castro]

Native Americans.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Why are you trolling this board, Kal?

[Mike Thick]

The only thing that everyone can agree on is that the cave is biased against them

[Kingpoleon]

Minorities. A disproportionate amount of banned posters are white. The only one who wasn't was d12321, who was explicitly racist on multiple occasions and took far too long to be banned.

[RINO Tom]

Nerds.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Trolls.

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Nerds.

That would constitute a self-hate for many mods.

[DavidB.]

Minorities. A disproportionate amount of banned posters are white. The only one who wasn't was d12321, who was explicitly racist on multiple occasions and took far too long to be banned.

Are you serious?

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None of the above

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Minorities. A disproportionate amount of banned posters are white. The only one who wasn't was d12321, who was explicitly racist on multiple occasions and took far too long to be banned.

Are you serious?

Obviously not.

[Technocracy Timmy]

Nerds.

[dead0man]

inconsistency?

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

The left

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Trolls.

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On a serious note, the problem with "consistency" is in a significant part the bare fact each one of us can only act on their boards. We're not like a "Supreme Court", but a loose bunch of judges each having their own little circuit. If one has an issue with my performance on What-ifs and International General Discussion I'm more than happy to listen. In fact, on a couple of occasions I reversed an infraction when a poster stated his case.

[Goldwater]

The only thing that everyone can agree on is that the cave is biased against them

[TJ in Oregon]

I think a lot of the inconsistency comes from an inconsistency in which posts are reported. I rarely infract things that no one reported; I generally only do so for truly egregious violations.

And, as Kal said, an inconsistency in what different Mods think is acceptable discourse factors in too. My instincts are normally not to modify or infract much of anything that isn't a black-and-white interpretation of the ToS, but I've been trying to apply the rules others have outlined and follow for the sake of consistency.

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I think a lot of the inconsistency comes from an inconsistency in which posts are reported. I rarely infract things that no one reported; I generally only do so for truly egregious violations.

And, as Kal said, an inconsistency in what different Mods think is acceptable discourse factors in too. My instincts are normally not to modify or infract much of anything that isn't a black-and-white interpretation of the ToS, but I've been trying to apply the rules others have outlined and follow for the sake of consistency.

TJ made an important point here. Some inappropriate posts simply slips under the radar. You may ask "where were the mods?", but the TOS (you can verify me here) clearly states we're not going through every post.

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Personally, I do read most of new posts on my board, but these aren't the busiest one. I pity a mod of ant active election board Contrary to a popular belief, we're not a full-time zombies, logged in 24 per day

And yes, there's no way a group of individuals can have exactly the same outlook. There are some absolutes (no porn, no unfiltered profanity, no copyright violation, no threats), but the rest is, well, open to interpretation. I'd like to ask our critics to put themselves in our shoes for a moment and consider this.