User blog comment:HerrMana/Moderation?/@comment-1874924-20130321054022

I know I'm late to the party, but I have a few observations:


 * 1) The "freedom of speech" guarantee as observed in the U.S. doesn't mean what most people seem to think it means. Most notably, it only restricts government entities. Private organizations such as a wiki are generally free to impose whatever speech restrictions they please. That's largely what allows special interest websites such as this one to be special interest websites in the first place.
 * 2) Suggesting that people can just change the subject of a conversation fails to accout for a couple of relevant facts. First, it's easier said than done. Second, we actually have a rule (Chat rule #9) that says, in pertinent part, "[T]alk about the same thing everyone else is, instead of trying to start a new conversation in the middle of the current one."
 * 3) All that said, although I have little interest in Survivor myself, I've always thought that it's a logical thing to talk about here because it is, after all, the seed from which Total Drama sprang. I'd draw the line if Chat was being taken over by Survivor groupies who had little interest in this wiki's actual purpose; but judging from the roster of Chat regulars, that doesn't appear to be happening.