The concern to me is this might cause a chilling effect on people's comments.
This sort silence by default will stop a lot of good contributors from taking their first few steps to joining the conversation.
It may make people who might take opposite views to the general consensus think twice about posting, even if they might have more information than most on the subject.
This sort silence by default will stop a lot of good contributors from taking their first few steps to joining the conversation.
It may make people who might take opposite views to the general consensus think twice about posting, even if they might have more information than most on the subject.