<p>Now let me say what I really think.</p>
<p>We’re mostly anonymous. Most of us have a long history of having interacted, so we do know some details about each other- at a minimum, our broad positions and arguing styles. We try to follow the TOS, but simply do not always agree. And sometimes it gets pointed. </p>
<p>I don’t see ganging up. I do think some want these chats to turn into the equivalent of a random, conventionally polite convo on a bus. I would find that stifling.</p>
<p>If someone gets reprimanded, edited, or sidelined, it’s based on TOS. Not some power elite.</p>