Are you tired of going into controversial threads and having people not discuss things, circlejerking, or using emotional responses in place of logic? Us too.

Welcome to Actual Discussion!

DO:

• Be civil. This doesn't mean you shouldn't challenge people, just don't be a dick.
• Upvote interesting or well-articulated points, even if you may not agree.
• Be prepared to back up any claims you make with an unbiased source.
• Be willing to be wrong and append your initial post to show a changed view.
• Admit when you are incorrect or spoke poorly. Upvote when you see others correct themselves or change their mind.
• Feel free to be a "Devil's Advocate". You do not have to believe either side of an issue in order to generate solid points.
• Discuss hot-button issues.
• Add humour, and be creative! Dry writing isn't super fun to read or discuss.

DO NOT:

• Call people names or label people. We fight ideas, not people here.
• Ask for sources, and then not respond to the person providing them.
• Mindlessly downvote people you disagree with. We only downvote people that do not add to the discussion.
• Be a bot, spam, or engage in self-promotion.
• Duplicate posts from within the last month unless new information is surfaced on the topic.
• Strawman.
• Expect that personal experience or morals are a substitute for proof.
• Exaggerate. Not everyone slightly to the right of you is a Nazi, and not everyone left of you is a Tankie.
• Copy an entire article in your post body. It's just messy. Link to it, summarize, and add your thoughts.

For more casual conversation instead of competitive ranked conversation, try:
!casualconversation@piefed.social