In this thread I would like to externalize the feeling that I constantly get when trying to discuss technical topics on this forum. The feeling of constant censorship. Multiple times I’ve seen topics opened with the single intent to discuss a technical subject about Julia, but because of community …

The simple fact that this thread is being closed by someone else that is not me, the person who raised the issue, illustrates the severity of the censorship. The issue is not solved, we didn’t agree on any solution, and yet the discussion will be muted by tomorrow. :clap:

It says “24 hours after last post.” The thread won’t close if it’s active. And this is standard procedure for many (or all?) threads now. On the topic: yes, this forum is strict. Very strict. On the other hand, in the thread that prompted this (the Plots.jl thread), the Original Post was hostile, r…

[image] DNF: I don’t exactly understand why it spun out of control over the ‘@ debate’. Probably my fault. I should have used a friendlier tone to convey the same message.

I for one would be glad if the culture here recovered from the constant bickering. I used to be much more active on discourse to answer questions, but this stream of negativity gets to me. I can’t help but read it if i do come across it, so as a consequence I bother less and less to look at things I…

Please do not see this as just another attack but I want to urge you to reflect on whether threads like these are actually helpful to the community as a whole. I am currently advocating for Julia and open source in general in a very conservative environment. A thread on “censorship” as the top post…

I think the rules are explained very well in the community guidelines/rules for the board. It’s the official discussion outlet so everything happens at the full control of the stewards. There are other communities that are more autonomous (Reddit, gitter).

[image] helgee: I am currently advocating for Julia and open source in general in a very conservative environment. A thread on “censorship” as the top post in the community forum might be enough for a newcomer to conclude that the Julia community is toxic (which I do not believe) and not worth e…

[image] juliohm: The simple fact that this thread is being closed by someone else that is not me, the person who raised the issue, illustrates the severity of the censorship. The issue is not solved, we didn’t agree on any solution, and yet the discussion will be muted by tomorrow. :clap: e…

I have removed the close timer because I think that it’s important for a community like this especially not to censor criticism about the community itself. There have been some flagged messages recently, but as far as I’m aware they have only been hidden when they descended into back-and-forth compl…

Censorship issues and community behavior

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ihnorton December 5, 2017, 4:08pm 44

I moved the discussion of pinging to a new topic:

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