# 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:** 95
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048/95 "2022-11-17T21:42:43Z")
I was just enjoying the [P&E thread on Herschel Walker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herschel-walker-need-i-say-more/972861/258) But I started thinking about THIS thread. I guess I thought P&E a more “serious” forum, sorta a subset of GD. But this - and other threads - are simply insult pile-ons. It sure didn’t start with much of a proposition statement. Is that not “Pitty?” Or is it OK, because the boards trend Liberal? And we don’t even need to ask whether discussing werewolves and vampires is a hijack. 😉 I looked at the P&E rules and see: > [@New Rules for Politics and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-politics-and-elections-january-2020/845727/1): > > you’ll find that moderation is more active and prone to sanctioning posters. > > [and] > > Keep threads specific and debatable. But the thread is continuing just mocking the candidate, with no moderation trying to direct discussion. I have no objection to that thread, but it is an example of why I am confused as to the supposed different rules and tone for the different fora, and how they are applied. Strikes me as odd to see such material in P&E, and see similar stuff disfavored in IMHO/MPSIMS. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-recent-trends-in-moderation/975048)._