Why do you motherfuckers care so much about moldy pippa's opinion of this site? It's like you need to prove yourselves to a chuuba just because you like her, fuck that and fuck you. I'll be as negative as I want and say what I really think about people without my opinion being influenced by "keeping up appearances".
Honestly, if we, of all people, are too negative, she must really want just a hugbox. If anyone wants to agree with Pippa Moldstocking on that, they may as well just go circlejerk her over on Reddit.
Where did anyone in this thread say that we
must care about Pippa's opinion? Our resident capipis didn't even agree on what the basis of her opinion was. Responding this way to one or two people saying "maybe I can see where she's coming from" radiates "you're not my DAD" energy.
There was a short discussion in the Forum Discussion thread a while ago, where some users had the opinion that the thread was getting less fun to catch up on. IIRC that was after the schizo derailings that led to jannies being appointed, so I personally think those users were overreacting. My point is people will have opinions about the tone of discussion here, with or without Pippa or their oshis lurking.
If there is one thing I'd say about tone, it's that we should be wary of sperging at strawmen or windmills. Like the time people went off on Kson's unicorn rant without even reading the transcript of her live TLs (even if she should have prepared her statement instead of talking and thinking live). Or the time in the homeland where people doomed about Kronii being LGBTBBQ and then doomed about her finding Jesus and becoming a fire-and-brimstone preacher (without solid proof in both cases) in the span of
12 hours, as if their memory can't last that long. Or see my first paragraph, even.
Now, my opinion in general:
A community that isn't a hugbox is fine. A community that has "we're not a hugbox" as an actual or even a perceived selling point will have problems. This is part of why Kiwi Farms continues to have a-logs and retards who
must start retard fights instead of ignoring threads and users they don't like, despite Null's express wishes and the written rules.
Likewise with individuals. A person who has "I speak my mind, feefees be damned" as a personality trait or something they value, can be fine. A person who makes that their highest value or the most important part of their personality will cause problems.