The BBS is not Quora, nor is it Wikipedia. The same holds true for Boing Boing proper. Statements made here are opinions.
Recently, there have been several users attempting to rebut those opinions with literal statements that a comment is just your personal opinion.
To be clear, that is a given here. There is no need to post to that effect. Opinions that do not violate our community guidelines or espouse dangerous misinformation (“Drinking bleach will cure you” / “vaccines do more harm than good”) are welcome here. Pointing out that these opinions are opinions is redundant, unnecessary, and offtopic. Please don’t do that.
As with all things, context is everything. There are very few cases where pointing out water is wet, the sky is blue, or your opinion is your opinion is relevant. But there are almost always exceptions.
No, I meant like tracking a person from topic to topic and replying to them with the same comment ad nauseum, without adding anything else to the conversation.
The problem with labelling questions as such is that we don’t want to discourage folks with legitimate questions and opinions from posting. This is why we ask folks to assume good faith and flag instead if a user seems to be acting in bad faith instead. We can look at the preponderance of posts to form a more nuanced picture.
