Even with the occasional falls from grace, I wish the world was more like Fluther. For the most part the people here are intelligent, accepting and thoughtful. All of us may succumb to biting back when someone says something we consider to be ignorant or uninformed and just their unsubstantiated opinion. In that way, Fluther is representative of real life. Other than that though no.
I wouldn’t want Fluther to be more vanilla than it is. If everyone was being perfectly nice and the passions were never raised, the pride and ego never showed up, this would be a damned boring place. I am glad for the outliers amongst us. Even if sometimes I read what they write and think “you are off your rocker”. At least it adds some spice to the discussion. I might (or might not) agree with them but even those accused of trolling add some a bit of zest. They get people talking and arguing. A bit like your mad uncle around the Christmas table.
I do wish we could be more tolerant of new people. There seems to be a propensity for calling people trolls. Usually these people are just being mischievous and I don’t think they do any harm. I’m not talking about people like our visitor who shall not be named who likes to repeatedly post the same thing over and over again. He is a pest and messes up the site for the users. However, members who say post multiple questions in one post – if members are answering – why do we get so tied up a knot about this? So, I wish we could ‘live and let live’ a bit more but otherwise, I like that we disagree and I would hate a site where we are all so similar that it’s just like hearing yourself speak. Sometimes, just like the mad uncle at the Christmas table or the brother who finally reacts to his silliness, we all need a bit of a time out.