Do we have an alert for fear mongering?

[LakeArenal]

Sometimes these fear and gloom scenarios that are mostly opinion and conjecture are down right fear mongering. No facts. Just opinion.

[pwb]

1. You can hide threads or ignore

those you suspect. Then go back and review them later?

[LakeArenal]

2. I don't want to hide the fear mongering.

I want a weapon to defeat it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. Gee, I wonder what "weapon" you could use on a "discussion" forum?

[LakeArenal]

21. Ummm an alert feature. A jury to decide if it really is.....

Sorta like the subject line says.

[hlthe2b]

3. Seems like some of them might fall under the RW meme or conspiracy theory categories of alert...

It goes in cycles.

[LakeArenal]

4. Maybe.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. If we can't get transphobia removed here even with a specific alert

The ones that require a little mental gymnastics to come up with a reason won't get removed.

I agree, there should be some way to stop them and unless they are very specific, it's difficult.

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. There is that useful hide button. Who gets to decide what is fear mongering?

I don't want that job.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. Well, if there were an alert then a jury would decide

And if you were uncomfortable deciding, you could opt out of the jury...

[LakeArenal]

10. Point

[Treefrog]

6. The civil war threads are the most hilarious.

Perhaps there should be an alert for them, but I mostly find myself giggling at them.

[lagomorph777]

9. One person's fear mongering is another's sober realism.

I don't think there should be an alert category for differences of opinion or anxiety level.

I find myself on both sides of such questions, depending on the specifics.

[LakeArenal]

11. "Realism" is another opinion.

[lagomorph777]

13. Exactly!

I'm pretty sure the purpose of DU is so we can share opinions with each other.

[LakeArenal]

14. Not conspiracy theories or self defeating prophecies.

[PoliticAverse]

12. I miss the "unrec". n/t

[Sherman A1]

15. Pretty much everything from cable noise

[Hekate]

16. Under Political and under Content I think you can find something. Kooky & extremist, or RW smears...

Sometimes I have to think awhile before deciding, but those cover a lot.

I’ve noticed a trend of late: Debby Downers with very old membership dates and very low post counts who seem to have awakened from Sleeping Beauty’s castle and are now eager to share. Odd, that.

[LakeArenal]

17. I have to agree totally.

No threads. 58 posts in the last 90 days.
That kind of stuff. Profiles are an under used tool.

[demmiblue]

18. We should have an alert for meta based finger-wagging.

[Hekate]

20. Tsk. "Interfering with forum moderation" covers that. Seriously though, haven't you noticed a trend

… of Debby Downers with extremely low post counts and extremely old membership dates? It’s like they were in Sleeping Beauty’s enchanted castle for the last 10 to 18 years and woke up just to tell us the world’s ending. Perhaps that is worth noticing, and noticing doesn’t actually interfere with forum moderation,

[demmiblue]

22. Hosts used to be able to lock meta threads after the meta forum was nixed (it was part of the sop).

The meta forum... that was an interesting experiment!

As to your question, I haven't really noticed, to be honest. This may be, in part, because I have no qualms with trashing threads or putting posters on ignore.