I’m not sure the people who typically get disemvowelled are the type to click a link to learn why. But maybe you’re right, maybe it’s not insurmountable. It still seems like a lot of effort to preserve something that’s, let’s be honest, comes across as passive-aggressive.
When I first saw a disemvowelment I thought it was hilarious. But like most gags on the internet, it became stale after seeing it over and over and over, and frequently derailed the discussion. People would preemptively disemvowel themselves…
Either someone has something constructive to add to the conversation or they don’t. Disemvowelling creates this ugly middle-ground where people endlessly game the moderation to see how repulsive they can be without being outright deleted.
