That is why I generally tend to drop threads once they get bounced to the Pit. I don’t care really – you can call me anything you wish. But that style of writing just isn’t my thing and it would be like trying to respond in a foreign language.
I’ll also point out that “angry Pit denizens” are the same people who are in the other fora.
If you post in threads with the thought “I can say this because they’re not allowed to attack me here” you’re going about this whole discussion thing the wrong way.
Some people just seem to need their safe spaces, where their aren’t subject to the derision they deserve.
nvm
When the OP of a thread says “This is a rant” (as the thread in question did), an experienced poster should consider it likely that it may be moved to our forum for rants, just as they might think that a thread started in GQ that asks “What’s your opinion?” just might get moved to IMHO.
So if a thread was titled “A recipe for disaster”, it would be moved to…?
Since the full name of the forum is the BBQ Pit, I think contentious recipes go there 
But disastrous recipes should probably go in Cafe Society.
Troll house cookies, too, if I remember correctly.
It’s not just me, so far no one here has agreed they’d want their thread moved to the PIT.
Perhaps, listen to your customers?
To some extent.
If I post in threads because I want some meaningful dialogue and perhaps even thoughtful responses- instead of childish insults, I hope this is the right place.
Based on a previous thread on the topic, as well as a poll, and the judgment of the moderation team, I’m comfortable with our current approach.
I would. Immediately if not sooner.
But that falls into the realm of the old adage about the tree falling in the forest with no one present.
Sure it is, assuming that moving the thread does not cancel someone’s subscription to it. What if they never voluntarily go to the Pit but they follow their notification to what they think is a non-Pit thread and open it only to find a bunch of vitriolic and vulgar insults hurled at them?
I also think it’s asking a lot to expect someone to just abandon a thread they may have created or got heavily involved in some kind of debate within it. That’s not the same dynamic as when a brand new thread is created.
Do we have an example of a thread that was moved after a long and serious debate rather than being posted as a rant and moved when a Mod could get there? I am not suggesting it has never happened; I would just like to see an example instead of the hypotheticals being discussed.
Ok, that is a solid poll. But how many of those people wanted THEIR thread moved to the Pit? I mean, if they wanted it there, they could put it there or if a mistake, just ask a Mod to move it, right?
This. Without an example or two, it’s hard for this discussion to get beyond handwaving.
This is why I never post anywhere without a set of these bad boys.
A sturdy set of clutching pearls is a must for the forum reader, the set I linked to is good for most insults and blasphemes. However, when you get into hardcore vulgarity like the F word a proper fainting couch is in order. Take it from me, don’t go with IKEA for your fainting couch needs, the bolted together joints just can’t take the pounding of repeated swoons.
I will also suggest if the only thing preventing vitriol and vulgar insults coming your way is the forum you choose to post in, you maybe need to think about what sort of persona you allow to come through your posts.
The logical error is that people own/control the threads they create.