Administrator Comment

Take note that piggybacking off someone else's bad behaviour is not a good move here.

Just wanted to pop in and note that, in fact, "dank memes" are not what spammers post. I attempted this reply 5 times with different accent marks over the "e"s and was thwarted each time. Forum registration, like existence, is suffering.

In any event -- while I can't promise serious discussion from myself, I assure you all it will be post-ironic at the very least.

Eastern (?) Europe reports in.

Gaze upon my twerks ye mighty.

If I feel the need to explain some aspect of my moderation, this is where I shall do it.  The thread is open, so you are at liberty to disagree with my point of view, or to raise issues which you feel need discussing.

I have made some comments on my likely moderation style in the post at the top of the actual Serious Discussion forum area.

Note that it not my intent to impose any political viewpoint on contributors through moderation.  If the forum leans one way more than the other, that is the result of what the contributors write.  I welcome challenges to my viewpoint, and others should also; but they should if possible be presented soberly and with evidence which can be discussed.  Moderation will be a response to behaviour, not views - so there's an opportunity to show that views do not necessarily influence behaviour.