Making CD a More Constructive Place

[TheOtherTaylor]

I believe that CD becoming a more constructive place is really mostly in the hands of the community that uses CD.

When somebody gets on and posts in anger at something or someone because of something not going their way they're looking for a response. A lot of the negative posts I've seen have been "I'm sore about losing and I want to hold somebody accountable" in semi-coherent grammar.

I say the best way to cut down on this sort of thing is for anyone who sees this sort of post to say immediately something along the lines of:
"Look, we understand you're angry. These forums are here for discussion, not flame wars. When you've calmed down some, come back and try to voice your opinion without being accusatory."

Then after that, the discussion really does not need to continue. Don't give them any sort of "No, you're wrong" response because they'll just come back arguing harder.


Simply stating that the person needs to reconsider the manner in which they are posting then backing off may help get some of the people who make destructive posts to reconsider how they're going about posting and hopefully turn the heated arguments into more calm discussions without having locked threads because of argument.

Then again, maybe it's me being optimistic that a little bit of gentle urging will calm people down.