Over the past 2-ish years, we've all noticed a lot more OzBargain forum posts that usually push theories or points of view that are questionable/controversial - often based on research from less reputable sources (but not always).
These forum posts can be viewed in two ways:
1) they appear to be deliberately inflamatory (based on previous reactions from the OzBargain community), and contain what many people consider as misinformation
2) on the flip side "deliberately inflamatory" can also be considered as encouraging people to challenge their thinking, with more positive intentions from the posters
I began wondering what would happen if the broader community didn't engage with these forum posts; would the true intentions behind them come to light?
If they're designed to be inflamatory but nobody responded, would the posters just get bored and leave? If the intention is to create an environment where people challenge their internal norms and question their beliefs, would the lack of engagement actually make a difference to the posters' (somewhat more) noble intentions?
So as the title says…
What if We Didn't Engage with "Controversial" Forum Posts?
UPDATE:. https://youtu.be/FONN-0uoTHI
nah it would be pretty boring without controversial topics