New Rule: Replace the Word "Lynch" in Games

[Enter]

You're right ythan

I'm not very interested in politics and therefore I shouldn't express my opinion

Mb

Not you you're golden.

she agrees with me >_<

I also agree with you, if that counts for anything.

[xRECKONERx]

pro tip: not being racist or making people more comfortable by not using potentially problematic words isn't political! if you think it is, you're wrong!

[Ythan]

Growing more confidant in my analysis by the second.

[AniX]

okay hear me out
what if
I want to play a game of mafia
and not have to have politics shoved down my throat
because when I want to play mafia
I want to escape from the real world political drama

Great! So then you'll agree we should remove a term that is incredibly politicized by society to prevent that politicization from leaking into your mafia.

Lynch is never racist. LMAO.
It is reference to the “witch trails”
Where people lynched and killed others who were said to be a witch.

Never is a pretty big statement. Are you sure you don't want to rethink that statement that lynch is NEVER racist?

[Alisae]

Lynch is never racist. LMAO.
It is reference to the “witch trails”
Where people lynched and killed others who were said to be a witch.

There’s a big difference between “Racism” and “Witches”.

You're a town of salem player. You learned the game from Town of Salem. Fun fact, did you know that Mafia has been around longer then Town of Salem has?
Did you know that, that maybe, how Town of Salem adopted Mafia and spreaded it is completely different from the Mafia that was played on this site for 18 years?

[Alyssa The Lamb]

Legit though

I might actually not play mafia on the site anymore for no other reason than I don't think there's another word that can be substituted for it that flows as well as lynch does. I also always associated the word more with the Salem witch trials since that is the type of dynamic that most closely fits with how the game itself works.

I mean I also think this type of change is likely going to end up meaningless in the long run too (and unpopular opinion, ingame stuff that clearly doesn't have that intent being considered racist is very ??? to me in general) but I don't really want to get into a long diatribe about this either so I'll just take whatever criticism I get for this and leave it

[Lycanfire]

I like "exile".

[xRECKONERx]

I like "exile".

[Alisae]

Great! So then you'll agree we should remove a term that is incredibly politicized by society, especially right now, to prevent that politicization from leaking into your mafia.

Its not politicized within the context of mafia.
Its politicized by people bringing saying "did you know that this term has a lot of racist background to it?"
or perhaps its politicized by a thread being globalized, reminding people that "did you know that this term has a lot of racist background to it?"

my personal opinion is that it doesn't affect me. As a player, my thoughts aren't being policed and this is good.
As a mod, I can make the edits needed.

I'm a Bernie Supporter. I live with a Bernie Supporter. She likes to listen to a lot of political postcasts w/o headphones.
I have also been annoyed in the past by feminists who preached misandry and justified it as promoting women.
I'm just saying, when I log onto this website, or actually for that matter, use the internet, I am not very interested in politics.

[chamber]

Stop while the hole is only so deep.

[Ythan]

It's just not fun anymore if we can't say lynch.

[xRECKONERx]

cancel mafia if we can't LYNCH PEOPLE with our NOOSES

[TemporalLich]

I don't go to this site for politics, but I am fine with phasing out the word that must not be named.

Player comfort is important, and if that means using "eliminate" then so be it.

[Psyche]

you can think of removing the word "lynch" as getting rid of the politics from mafia

[Lycanfire]

I think the change might have gone a bit smoother if the administration team followed my original suggestion and stepped it up by contacting "power mods" and get them on board first.

This is definitely political but I don't see a good argument against it. The only drawback to the change is the resistance to it, which seems small and contained to this thread.

[Alisae]

Let's be real here.
If we actually cared about this, people would have persued asking site administration to make this change a long time ago.
In fact, Lycan did that and I just remembered that that thread even existed.

If people cared, they would have said something.

[Aristophanes]

It looks like I'm late yo the party, but this is a great move on the part of our moderation staff and I support it wholeheartedly!

I'm sure the occasional slip will happen, but this is a move in the right direction for all involved.

[Porkens]

They are saying something now

[Lycanfire]

I originally wanted people to promote it on their own but administration could have pushed harder to get it going without a rule change.

[AniX]

Great! So then you'll agree we should remove a term that is incredibly politicized by society, especially right now, to prevent that politicization from leaking into your mafia.

Its not politicized within the context of mafia.
Its politicized by people bringing saying "did you know that this term has a lot of racist background to it?"
or perhaps its politicized by a thread being globalized, reminding people that "did you know that this term has a lot of racist background to it?"

my personal opinion is that it doesn't affect me. As a player, my thoughts aren't being policed and this is good.
As a mod, I can make the edits needed.

I'm a Bernie Supporter. I live with a Bernie Supporter. She likes to listen to a lot of political postcasts w/o headphones.
I have also been annoyed in the past by feminists who preached misandry and justified it as promoting women.
I'm just saying, when I log onto this website, or actually for that matter, use the internet, am not very interested in politics.

Ok, but you recognize that just because you aren't interested in politics doesn't mean that politics ceases to exist or ceases to have an impact on people. Whether you like it or not, the term lynch is political. Nothing we do on this site will change that. We can either accept it or try to ignore it, but it still will be political.

[Ythan]

I don't personally care and am incapable of empathy.

[Lycanfire]

It says a lot about our community that we didn't care but I didn't care about that thread after House made an alt just to argue with me in it.

[Porkens]

I originally wanted people to promote it on their own but administration could have pushed harder to get it going without a rule change.

Oh shit new avatar didn’t recogniZe you sup

[Lycanfire]

I originally wanted people to promote it on their own but administration could have pushed harder to get it going without a rule change.

Oh shit new avatar didn’t recogniZe you sup

ironically i retired because the mods suck and gave me an unofficial warning for triggering them with the word furry

[AniX]

I see it as similar to the whole racist statue stuff. It is ultimately not going to solve racism, it never should have happened in the first place, having happened it should have been removed years ago, having not been removed years ago it should be removed now. There is no better time to fix a mistake than today.