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PiSigma

"the engineer"
That's not chest-thumping though, is it? Chest-thumping is another way of describing chauvinism - an aggressive belief in your nation's superiority. (That's what the comment I was replying to mentioned.) Simply criticising China's foreign policy/defence posture isn't the same.



Threads are created by users, not the staff. There's nothing to stop people on DF setting up threads or hijacking them for nationalistic discussions. The absence of such threads on DF suggests users have no interest in them.



Whether SDF is an echo chamber is a completely different question as to whether it could aim to be less chauvinistic. If SDF and DF are echo-chambers that's unfortunate, but that's largely down to who chooses to post there. Webby and the respect mod teams don't ban people from SDF or DF because they support or criticise China on military affairs.

EDIT: I should also add that I specifically referenced "other defence forums" and DF, not just DF. E.g. UK-focused forums where people are able to discuss issues without resorting to chauvinism.
Please don't derail another tread T. This is exactly the type of posts that in my opinion brings down the quality of many threads. You move goal posts and discard other's opinions. When others defend their posts and opinions you move those goal posts again in a provocative manner.

IMO, there are only a few members that are good at derailing threads, you are one of them.
 

KYli

Brigadier
That's not chest-thumping though, is it? Chest-thumping is another way of describing chauvinism - an aggressive belief in your nation's superiority. (That's what the comment I was replying to mentioned.) Simply criticising China's foreign policy/defence posture isn't the same.

No, it is a bunch of racists and xenophobia that believe the US and the West is always right and can do whatever they want included invading any countries they want.


Threads are created by users, not the staff. There's nothing to stop people on DF setting up threads or hijacking them for nationalistic discussions. The absence of such threads on DF suggests users have no interest in them.

It is more due to the fact that DF is just another echo chamber for certain people, and others find it wasted of time to participate.


Whether SDF is an echo chamber is a completely different question as to whether it could aim to be less chauvinistic. If SDF and DF are echo-chambers that's unfortunate, but that's largely down to who chooses to post there. Webby and the respect mod teams don't ban people from SDF or DF because they support or criticise China on military affairs.

EDIT: I should also add that I specifically referenced "other defence forums" and DF, not just DF. E.g. UK-focused forums where people are able to discuss issues without resorting to chauvinism.

Some members just want to make SDF another echo chamber for the Western liberal order. When they see anything that don't confine to their belief that they would label them nationalism or chauvinism.

Many of UK focused forums are racist, arrogant, and echo chamber. It is another chest thumping place for like-minded people to indoctrinate themselves.
 

LawLeadsToPeace

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Threads are created by users, not the staff. There's nothing to stop people on DF setting up threads or hijacking them for nationalistic discussions. The absence of such threads on DF suggests users have no interest in them.
Perhaps the users feel like they are in a superior position, so there is no need to go on a nationalistic rant when you already feel like there is no competition to begin with. OR, they might be engaging in nationalistic rallies on other sites like Reddit and feel like there is no need to do it there. You are making a lot of assumptions here.

Whether SDF is an echo chamber is a completely different question as to whether it could aim to be less chauvinistic. If SDF and DF are echo-chambers that's unfortunate, but that's largely down to who chooses to post there. Webby and the respect mod teams don't ban people from SDF or DF because they support or criticise China on military affairs.
My description of DF as an echo chamber is basically directed towards your claim that everyone gets along with each other in DF. If everyone has the same view, of course everyone will get along with each other. If any of the mods here suddenly went awol and banned anyone for being pro-West or anti-China, SDF will also become an echo chamber and everyone will get along too. As for the chauvinistic part, to be honest, that won't go away soon until both sides embrace each other. So, if you want to see less flame, then you should go to a different site. Otherwise, accept it.
 

Mr T

Senior Member
Please don't derail another tread T. This is exactly the type of posts that in my opinion brings down the quality of many threads. You move goal posts and discard other's opinions. When others defend their posts and opinions you move those goal posts again in a provocative manner.

I'm sorry, PiSigma, but I think some people here are being dishonest in pretending the sort of behaviour on SDF is normal or "better" than on other defence forums. There probably are worse places, but in my humble opinion I think there are better ones too. I see no reason why I should be stopped from advancing that argument.

I'm always open for listening to others' opinions, even if I don't agree with them, but I don't see why I should be quiet just because my opinion is unpopular. That really does create an echo chamber by driving people away.

No, it is a bunch of racists and xenophobia that believe the US and the West is always right and can do whatever they want included invading any countries they want.

That's just completely false, plus is an indirect slur on Webby given he runs DF and is therefore ultimately responsible for the behaviour there.

Some members just want to make SDF another echo chamber for the Western liberal order.

Again, that's a nonsense argument. SDF is always going to have some sort of pro-Chinese view.

When they see anything that don't confine to their belief that they would label them nationalism or chauvinism.

Except that I didn't raise the issue of chauvinism on SDF. ougoah did that, albeit in stating his/her belief that it wasn't as bad as other forums.

Many of UK focused forums are racist, arrogant, and echo chamber.

Which UK military forums are you talking about? I'm quite interested in a mainstream result you'd get by searching for "UK military forum", just as you get pointed to SDF by searching for "Chinese military forum".

Perhaps the users feel like they are in a superior position, so there is no need to go on a nationalistic rant when you already feel like there is no competition to begin with.... You are making a lot of assumptions here.

I mean you're also making an assumption, and I would say that mine is more logical - the absence of conflict is due to the calmer overall atmosphere.

My description of DF as an echo chamber is basically directed towards your claim that everyone gets along with each other in DF. If everyone has the same view, of course everyone will get along with each other.

How do you know that everyone on DF has the same view, and what does "the same view" even mean? There are so many different threads encompassing so many different countries including those in strategic competition with each other. It's simply not plausible that everyone gets along to the extent that they do just because of whatever take they may have on one particular question - the position of China in the 21st century. The world isn't divided into pro-China and anti-China.

As for the chauvinistic part, to be honest, that won't go away soon until both sides embrace each other.

I don't agree with that. I was here long enough to remember a time when SDF was much calmer. To the extent SDF has changed is down to the attitude of certain members who decide to act in that way, plus probably a reduction in active mods so there's less scope to control the situation. SDF doesn't have to be as it is now.
 
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KYli

Brigadier
I'm sorry, PiSigma, but I think some people here are being dishonest in pretending the sort of behaviour on SDF is normal or "better" than on other defence forums. There probably are worse places, but in my humble opinion I think there are better ones too. I see no reason why I should be stopped from advancing that argument.

I'm always open for listening to others' opinions, even if I don't agree with them, but I don't see why I should be quiet just because my opinion is unpopular. That really does create an echo chamber by driving people away.
The only thing you are good at is moving the goal post and derail the discussion.


That's just completely false, plus is an indirect slur on Webby given he runs DF and is therefore ultimately responsible for the behaviour there.

Such childlike behaviors like running to a teacher to report another student isn't going to work in the adult world. You think I care.

The webmaster and the mods can only make the forum respectful but can't change how people behave and think and believe. When people have the same belief comes together then you would have an echo chamber no matter what. And many discussions even if xenophobia become accepted norm. It is just what it is.


Which UK military forums are you talking about? I'm quite interested in a mainstream result you'd get by searching for "UK military forum", just as you get pointed to SDF by searching for "Chinese military forum".

All UK military forums are echo chamber. How about you point out which one isn't.



How do you know that everyone on DF has the same view, and what does "the same view" even mean? There are so many different threads encompassing so many different countries including those in strategic competition with each other. It's simply not plausible that everyone gets along to the extent that they do just because of whatever take they may have on one particular question - the position of China in the 21st century. The world isn't divided into pro-China and anti-China.
The world is divided between the Western liberal international order and everyone else.


I don't agree with that. I was here long enough to remember a time when SDF was much calmer. To the extent SDF has changed is down to the attitude of certain members who decide to act in that way, plus probably a reduction in active mods so there's less scope to control the situation. SDF doesn't have to be as it is now.

Really, when Chinawhite and Germark using curse and slurs to wage flame war for a few hundreds pages of nonsense and nationalistic rhetoric. When most members are under 18, you really think the early days was much calmer. Don't lie. I am here way before you are. When SDF is still EZboard days.
 

PiSigma

"the engineer"
The only thing you are good at is moving the goal post and derail the discussion.




Such childlike behaviors like running to a teacher to report another student isn't going to work in the adult world. You think I care.

The webmaster and the mods can only make the forum respectful but can't change how people behave and think and believe. When people have the same belief comes together then you would have an echo chamber no matter what. And many discussions even if xenophobia become accepted norm. It is just what it is.




All UK military forums are echo chamber. How about you point out which one isn't.




The world is divided between the Western liberal international order and everyone else.




Really, when Chinawhite and Germark using curse and slurs to wage flame war for a few hundreds pages of nonsense and nationalistic rhetoric. When most members are under 18, you really think the early days was much calmer. Don't lie. I am here way before you are. When SDF is still EZboard days.
Lol that's two names I haven't seen in a long time. I really am getting old. A lot of the more sophisticated trolls took a long time to ban mostly because there just enough mods
 

LawLeadsToPeace

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I mean you're also making an assumption, and I would say that mine is more logical - the absence of conflict is due to the calmer overall atmosphere.
I'm offering multiple assumptions and I can also argue mines' is more logical as well due to the current political climate and my years on the Internet seeing even the slightest pro-China actions getting demonized. In short, both of our assumptions are just assumptions and yours shouldn't be considered logical at all since the absence of conflict is not synonymous or correlated with, nor due to a calmer overall atmosphere (or environment which includes atmosphere). A calmer overall atmosphere can still have conflict (depending on the conflict). For instance, in the workplace or any type of team discussion, a measured conflict can be done in a calm and measured environment. Based on this example, a calm environment (which includes a calm atmosphere) can still have conflict.

How do you know that everyone on DF has the same view, and what does "the same view" even mean? There are so many different threads encompassing so many different countries including those in strategic competition with each other. It's simply not plausible that everyone gets along to the extent that they do just because of whatever take they may have on one particular question - the position of China in the 21st century. The world isn't divided into pro-China and anti-China.
I would argue that the world will eventually be divided into three camps: pro-China, neutral (as in "idgaf"), and anti-China. As for everyone having the same view, perhaps I was a bit too vague. I meant people in that forum either have a neutral or an anti-China perspective due to the absence of pro-China comments. Simple as that.

I don't agree with that. I was here long enough to remember a time when SDF was much calmer. To the extent SDF has changed is down to the attitude of certain members who decide to act in that way, plus probably a reduction in active mods so there's less scope to control the situation. SDF doesn't have to be as it is now.
A user above me already addressed that. Read it thoroughly please.
 

ougoah

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Without getting into a finger pointing exercise, I lurk on other defence forums including the main Defence Forum site, and I find generally they're polite and not prone to regular chest-thumping. I don't think that it would be unreasonable for SDF to aspire to be like those sites.

Wrong. Defencetalk, F-16 forum, The Drive Warzone is almost as full of hopeless slander, arrogance, chest thumping, and propagation of lies and overly simplistic thoughts and attitudes as the worst offenders (Indian forums). Unless you're talking about another defence forum. There isn't one that is decent and SDF has fallen a bit in recent years but so has the negative slandering of China and Chinese people.

Out of all defence forums, the Indian ones are some of the most toxic. Not a single unbiased observer would place the Indians anywhere else other than the bottom if they read through some of them. SDF by comparison to all of those is relatively mild and certainly nowhere near as arrogant as the western or russian ones. Sure over here we have arguably less material to be arrogant about (compared to western ones) and definitely less precedent but the fairness and the opposition voices and members even on the same side correcting each other to the nth degree is what makes is superior to those forums. I can't be bothered doing thousands of screenshots but on those forums, which I also read, literally half the members are braindead chauvinists of the most extreme calibre while the rest sort of need to pander to their attitudes.
 
Don't know if this has been suggested before, but can we just ban members who reach a threshold on active member's ignore list. This is a good indicator that this member is not a net contributor and more likely a troll. This also encourages members to not engage with trolls and just add them to ignore list. This is a quantitative criteria and organically improves the quality of the discussions.
 
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