I’ve got all the podcasts I need at the moment, this is an opportunity for others to get the word out about other Kiwi creators, which are often very under-rated in my opinion, as well as discuss their merits.

How could I forget Viva La Dirt League?!

What would you suggest instead?

You’re very welcome!

Absolutely!

I want to foster a community that values open, honest and civilised discussion. Civilised being the key word.

I do not want to see extreme views espoused here, on any axis of the political spectrum. “Treat others as they would like to be treated” is a slightly different wording of The Golden Rule that I like to live my life by, and that going to be my philosophy of moderation.

Disagreement is possible without resorting to personal attacks, and just because someone has a different point of view on a topic does not make them objectively wrong, or a bad person. Remember that anonymous user is a fully formed person with their own life, experiences, hopes, dreams and fears. They put their underwear on one leg at a time, just like you do.

I have no intention of allowing members of this community to spread misinformation or falsehoods.

I have no intention of allowing hate speech of any kind.

Ultimately, my ability to moderate relies on our users making use of the report function. I am only one person and I’m not always on here. So if you see something you don’t like, please bring it to the attention of myself or Dave and we will deal with it in an impartial manner.

Remarkable! Abel Tasman really is a jewel of a place.

I doubt I’ll go back. The internet is vast, and with places like Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, etc, it’s easy to get stuck in that looping cycle of “well there’s nothing on Reddit, I’ll check Insta. There’s nothing on insta, i’ll check Twitter. There’s nothing on Twitter, I’ll check Reddit”

It’s a shame that StumbleUpon is no longer around, that was an amazing tool to open your eyes to new resources and sites.

All excellent points. There is the offtopic NZ chat, which I think will encompass that light-hearted niche you’re talking about.

Hi all! I hope to serve this little community to the best of my abilities and help keep it an amazing place. At least once I figure out all the moderation tools.

This is a very reasonable and rational response, Dave.

Good idea! Any suggestions for what it might be?

I disagree. If you kick the Nazi out of your bar, he ends up going to the Nazi bar down the road and becomes even more extreme. If you let the Nazi into your bar, you have a chance that they will see the error of their ways and not be a Nazi any more. By the same token, if the Nazi in the bar starts shit, you can still kick them out of the bar.

Also, great music choices.

Ignore Tamaki, he was just a useful idiot for the purposes of discussion. What I am trying to get across is that a truly open and free space for the exchange of ideas can only be hindered by restricting what can and cannot be said, and will ultimately create an echo chamber. We live in an increasingly divided world; we are divided politically, religiously, ideologically and plenty of others. Restricting what ideas can and cannot be spread can only serve to widen those divisions as those who are being restricted to retreat to their own echo chambers and find more and more extreme ideas.

If we want to create a truly open place where people can come and share their experiences, their thoughts and their ideas, then we do ourselves a disservice by restricting what can and can’t be said, or who can and can’t say things.