Should The Political Discussion Board Remain?

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Mnementh said:

TalonMan said:

This isn't a bad idea - maybe give mods/site admin control over which topics are in the Hot Topics section (allowing them to push down certain posts). The problem with this (as it is on EVERY website these days), is mods potentially allowing their political leanings to control what does and does not appear (ie. a liberal pushing down any "Trump is good" and keeping all "Trump is bad" posts).

Ugh... 

 

Well, mod powers can be misused - always. Currently mods could lock a pro-Trump thread while letting a contra-Trump thread live (or vice versa). Mod power abuse should be punished (and probably there are already rules in place to handle abuse od mod power). Given, a tool with lower impact might be used less strictly. But it is also much easier to discuss, if you feel this mod decision was bad.

I think what removes allot of the potential for mod abuse is that... The mods talk to each other about issues that arise... And often we don't always agree, so we will push our cases forwards until there is a general consensus. It works more often than not, that's for sure... Prior forums I have been a moderator on, we didn't have such a process, we were left to our own devices... And you can bet mods would abuse their position on the odd occasion, simply because they could get away with it.

In saying that... The Mod team is only human, mistakes can be made (Heck, I have made a couple!), all part of the learning process!

But blatant abuse isn't generally going to overlooked. And nor should it.