Other Moderator Note: I hope, at the minimum, members can be understanding that it's challenging for moderators to adapt to this new paradigm. While we've historically added forums for Elon's other companies (SpaceX, Boring Company, etc.), those were always more technical discussions and significantly less related to politics. This site has always had a ban on political discussions, and any discussion of Twitter seems to rapidly gravitate there, which is problematic not only from a moderation standpoint but from a membership cohesion standpoint.
As a moderator and user of this site, I also understand that it's currently hard to separate Elon Musk's actions from Tesla the company. Historically, members here treated them as almost one and the same. So discussing his public persona and advertised opinions is definitely related to the company, and people who have followed Tesla for years are going to want to express their opinions. The problem with opinions revolving around outrage (warranted or not) is that it provides short term fulfillment and brings members back to re-engage, and re-engage again. Great for driving site views, bad for building member cohesion. Perhaps this is what @Right_Said_Fred meant when he said this place is not Twitter, nor do we want it to be. But I don't want to speak for him.
We are currently discussing site policies about Twitter, how to moderate, and what to allow, and engaging the site admins and owners to determine what best serves the site and most importantly, the membership. It's probably going to be a little bumpy and uneven for now, but I wanted to write this to just ask some courtesy from the members towards the moderation staff, who are truly trying to find the right solution for all of us.
Heck, I was mad at Elon for the referral program nonsense, which caused us a ton of moderation headaches. Little did I know he was going to make this unpaid job even harder..
As a moderator and user of this site, I also understand that it's currently hard to separate Elon Musk's actions from Tesla the company. Historically, members here treated them as almost one and the same. So discussing his public persona and advertised opinions is definitely related to the company, and people who have followed Tesla for years are going to want to express their opinions. The problem with opinions revolving around outrage (warranted or not) is that it provides short term fulfillment and brings members back to re-engage, and re-engage again. Great for driving site views, bad for building member cohesion. Perhaps this is what @Right_Said_Fred meant when he said this place is not Twitter, nor do we want it to be. But I don't want to speak for him.
We are currently discussing site policies about Twitter, how to moderate, and what to allow, and engaging the site admins and owners to determine what best serves the site and most importantly, the membership. It's probably going to be a little bumpy and uneven for now, but I wanted to write this to just ask some courtesy from the members towards the moderation staff, who are truly trying to find the right solution for all of us.
Heck, I was mad at Elon for the referral program nonsense, which caused us a ton of moderation headaches. Little did I know he was going to make this unpaid job even harder..
