# Can we discuss recent trends in moderation? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 16, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048 "2022-11-16T19:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048/16 "2022-11-16T21:34:32Z")
> [@US Midterm Election watch along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619/1084): > > 1100 votes. Thank you, Cochise County. 771 votes as of this morning. Today is the last day to cure ballots, should have a much better idea how many votes are outstanding by tonight. The flag stuff was at the end of this. When someone posted the candidate’s photo, I felt it wasn’t out of place to make an observation. I know those sorts of threads tend to get somewhat wild, but I think this was an example of a mod being quick on the trigger. Re: the inconsistency, I’m glad to say not petty enough to keep records of such perceived actions. I noted a couple of them after I was told I was too Pitty in a thread I tried to start about Brittany Griner. And then later, another thread was started asking why there was no thread on the topic. Around that time, I perceived a couple of other threads that either set forth their premises aggressively, or that simply raised an issue hoping for a discussion, without sufficiently setting forth a debate position. > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > A lot of things that were acceptable a decade or two ago are no longer acceptable now. We can’t use the standards of the past to moderate in the present. If that is the position, I think it should be stated VERY clearly. Over the past while I have been trying - and generally succeeding - in modifying my thoughts and actions in several respects. Te world has indeed changed. But that doesn’t mean that I feel EVERY expressed sensitivity warrants changing policy. I’m a big fan of people using words to discuss their disagreement. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048)._