{"author_link":"\/users\/gamebuilder","author_name":"gamebuilder","author_uid":"gamebuilder","comments":[],"epoch":1586364072,"event":"LD46","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":182568,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"138063","p_author":"gamebuilder","p_authorkey":"1075625","p_urlkey":"354362","p_title":"Question about polarization in Ludum Dare","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD46","p_time":"1586364072","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1075625","us_name":"gamebuilder","us_username":"gamebuilder","event_start":"1587081600","event_key":"77","event_name":"Ludum Dare 46"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD46","removed_author":false},"_superparent":176557,"_trust":11,"author":75625,"body":"Hey everyone, my purpose with this post is not to defend or criticize, but to ask a question. Somehow the issue of cornavirus has become extremely polarized. I can understand why people would want to persuade others to downvote themes they dislike, but seeing so many virulent posts is a first for me. However, I've been around for only a few years, and I suspect that this kind of extreme polarization has occurred before. Controversy has many guises \u2014 it is always with us \u2014 and I'd be surprised if what we see here nowadays hasn't happened before over a different issue. Has polarization on this scale (over a theme or anything else) in Ludum Dare occurred before, and if so, how was it resolved (if indeed it was resolved)? \n\nThis is a question for Ludum Dare veterans as well as anyone who has some familiarity with Ludum Dare history. Perhaps there are some debates in the legacy Ludum Dare site (http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/) that mirror what we are seeing nowadays. \n","comments":2,"comments-timestamp":"2020-04-08T21:31:01Z","created":"2020-04-08T16:29:26Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":182568,"love":2,"love-timestamp":"2020-04-08T17:18:50Z","meta":[],"modified":"2020-04-08T21:31:01Z","name":"Question about polarization in Ludum Dare","node-timestamp":"2020-04-08T16:47:20Z","parent":179289,"parents":[1,5,9,176557,179289],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crossroads\/question-about-polarization-in-ludum-dare","published":"2020-04-08T16:41:12Z","scope":"public","slug":"question-about-polarization-in-ludum-dare","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":541781},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"182568","n_urlkey":"354362","n_parent":"179289","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crossroads\/question-about-polarization-in-ludum-dare","n_slug":"question-about-polarization-in-l","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"75625","n_created":"1586363366","n_modified":"1586381461","n_version":"541781","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/46\/crossroads\/question-about-polarization-in-ludum-dare","text":"Hey everyone, my purpose with this post is not to defend or criticize, but to ask a question. Somehow the issue of cornavirus has become extremely polarized. I can understand why people would want to persuade others to downvote themes they dislike, but seeing so many virulent posts is a first for me. However, I've been around for only a few years, and I suspect that this kind of extreme polarization has occurred before. Controversy has many guises \u2014 it is always with us \u2014 and I'd be surprised if what we see here nowadays hasn't happened before over a different issue. Has polarization on this scale (over a theme or anything else) in Ludum Dare occurred before, and if so, how was it resolved (if indeed it was resolved)? \n\nThis is a question for Ludum Dare veterans as well as anyone who has some familiarity with Ludum Dare history. Perhaps there are some debates in the legacy Ludum Dare site (http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/) that mirror what we are seeing nowadays. \n","title":"Question about polarization in Ludum Dare","wayback_source":[]}