I, uh, think it was the discussion of dicks that tempted a few commenters to act like them! I was surprised by how civil the first few days of circumcision discussions were, but at a certain point the comments regressed to the internet mean.
I, uh, think it was the discussion of dicks that tempted a few commenters to act like them! I was surprised by how civil the first few days of circumcision discussions were, but at a certain point the comments regressed to the internet mean.
If any of the comments arguably pass the (fairly high) bar at which I should consider a suspension or a stern email please email me to let me know. Our comment sections are usually great but I'm committed to clamping down aggressively when jerks get in there.
Agreed. I didn't see anything that required moderation. I would never want Jesse to start acting like the moderators at Slate.com. Those folks have started acting like kindergarten teachersm
To echo Jane, Tyler, and Greg: it was just off for *this* typically lovely forum. I actually checked to make sure I wasn't mistakenly on The Free Press Substack. I love Bari and especially Nellie, but their comment section is not engaging (I know they don't have control over that). One of the best parts of being a PRIMO is getting to chat with people like those mentioned above as well as Bored Nihilist, Midwest Molly, Muliebrity, Duchesse des Esseintes, etc.
Although I'm embarrassed to admit that I was first drawn to Muliebrity because I didn't know what that word meant: I just thought that she also liked mules.
Absolutely. TFP comment section is comically bad. They donтАЩt do themselves any favors either because every article seems to take cancel culture as its main subject. There was just a two parter on high school debate club hijinks. THE LIBS ARE RUINING DEBATE CLUB!!!! I think cancel culture is dumb (one of my recent writing projects took dead aim at cancel culture and race) but Jesus Christ, there are more interesting things in the world. Either take on dumb internet bullshit with a gleeful wink or just be interesting and free of MSM dogma. TFP also falls in the middle. Except for TGIF, which I continue to find delightful and is basically the only reason I subscribe.
Additionally, I recently signed up for the lindy newsletter and enjoy it! Anyone else read it?
(The only other one I pay for is a golf newsletter called the Quadrilateral, which is written by one of the guys who incidentally helped design my home course, rustic canyon in Moorpark CA.)
I, uh, think it was the discussion of dicks that tempted a few commenters to act like them! I was surprised by how civil the first few days of circumcision discussions were, but at a certain point the comments regressed to the internet mean.
If any of the comments arguably pass the (fairly high) bar at which I should consider a suspension or a stern email please email me to let me know. Our comment sections are usually great but I'm committed to clamping down aggressively when jerks get in there.
Thanks! I didn't see anything unusually rude for online chatter. It's just that most discussions here are unusually kind. :-)
Agreed. I didn't see anything that required moderation. I would never want Jesse to start acting like the moderators at Slate.com. Those folks have started acting like kindergarten teachersm
Exactly. It didn't rise to the level of bad internet behavior, it was just off key for this particular forum.
There's a guy named Jesse who comes in here with the worst takes.
He's been repeatedly debunked by Ben Collins.
He needs to *do* *better*.
It's not that bad. Just a few people failing to read the room. It's happened before, usually they get bored and move on pretty quickly.
To echo Jane, Tyler, and Greg: it was just off for *this* typically lovely forum. I actually checked to make sure I wasn't mistakenly on The Free Press Substack. I love Bari and especially Nellie, but their comment section is not engaging (I know they don't have control over that). One of the best parts of being a PRIMO is getting to chat with people like those mentioned above as well as Bored Nihilist, Midwest Molly, Muliebrity, Duchesse des Esseintes, etc.
Although I'm embarrassed to admit that I was first drawn to Muliebrity because I didn't know what that word meant: I just thought that she also liked mules.
TIL that Muliebrity does not mean a very famous mule. A little disappointed frankly.
Absolutely. TFP comment section is comically bad. They donтАЩt do themselves any favors either because every article seems to take cancel culture as its main subject. There was just a two parter on high school debate club hijinks. THE LIBS ARE RUINING DEBATE CLUB!!!! I think cancel culture is dumb (one of my recent writing projects took dead aim at cancel culture and race) but Jesus Christ, there are more interesting things in the world. Either take on dumb internet bullshit with a gleeful wink or just be interesting and free of MSM dogma. TFP also falls in the middle. Except for TGIF, which I continue to find delightful and is basically the only reason I subscribe.
Additionally, I recently signed up for the lindy newsletter and enjoy it! Anyone else read it?
(The only other one I pay for is a golf newsletter called the Quadrilateral, which is written by one of the guys who incidentally helped design my home course, rustic canyon in Moorpark CA.)