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BoringAccountName78 t1_j67jen9 wrote

Reply to comment by ak47workaccnt in Newly adopted Subreddit rules by Linux-Is-Best

By banning "sea-lioning", it seems like anyone asking for someone to provide evidence for a claim could get them banned. This could be abused.

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Linux-Is-Best OP t1_j68evnl wrote

Arguably, everything can be abused. You can arguably use a harmless-looking spoon to cause someone harm. The lone argument that something can be abused is not necessarily valid, since arguably anything and everything can be abused if you put your mind to something.

That said, it will be more aimed toward people asking to prove double negatives and the like.

For example, if you told someone you experienced a sneezing fit as a child, you can neither prove nor disprove that experience. And someone repeatedly baiting someone to prove it and then using the lack of evidence in that experience as their "proof" that it didn't happen, would be trolling.

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BoringAccountName78 t1_j68g9eb wrote

Whereas I agree that the example you've given would be frustrating, I feel like you're looking to micromanage conversations.

I'm an adult, and if I make a claim like you said, and someone insists on my giving proof when I cannot, I make the adult decision to discontinue the discussion.

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Linux-Is-Best OP t1_j68jkvq wrote

This Subreddit has nearly a quarter of a million (250,000) members. There are only 3 active moderators. Trust me when I say, no one could micromanage this Subreddit even if they were inspired to do so, which no one here is.

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Middle-Example6618 t1_j690107 wrote

> I feel like you're looking to micromanage conversations.

and your feelings are proof, of your feelings.

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