Religion/Politics Threads: This really needs to stop(plus a poll)

[hershel_layton]

spurgeonryan said:
Jesus Christ people! Stop ruining it for people who enjoy them. Just block political threads from your hot topics feed.

This is like when ocean tried to block NX threads because they annoyed 5 people. It failed! We want to post what we want to post.

Don't go in them!

Listen Spurgeonryan. As I said countless times, I follow that philosophy countless of times. However, it has reached the extent where people are causing countless of flame threads. Look at the 3 links I posted in the OP. All 3 of them are locked. Why is that? It's because the recent threads have shown the consequence of abusing freedom of speech. It does nothing but harm this website. It pushes away new users when these type of threads pop up on the hot page. It makes current users want to leave.

VGChartz is already imperfect. we don't need idiots running around to make it worse. 

 

Also, the NX thing was different. There were tons of NX threads to the point where so many of them either repeated a thread literally made within the last week. As of now NX speculation threads actually provide cool rumours worth discussing.

Bandorr said:
The issue with the "just don't click them" is some of the titles offend people. I don't need to click a thread to know that "the holocaust never happened" is wildly offensive.

A religious person doesn't need to click a thread to see "all religious people are naive and clueless" as offensive.

If the title was just "let's discuss god" then the "just don't click it" argument would work. Which leads to two options. Moderate the title, or create a religious/political thread that doesn't show up on the front page. IE just replicate the NSFW forum with a new name.

I think too many people have misunderstood me. Unfortunately people have assumed I want to ban anything non-gaming related, when in reality i just want to see it managed better. If the mods say they can't manage it better, then they should place less attention to it to avoid flame wars that extend into 100+ responses. 

Peh said:
How about more dedicated mods for this kind of topics?

Unfortunately VGChartz is rather stern on who is and who isn't moderator. There are a lot of users who could be moderator, but for some reason they aren't. Ganoncrotch, Spurgeonryan, Zero129, Azuren, etc. 

Keep in mind I posted this under website issues. You can always make a post for website issues and recommend more mods.

AZWification said:
Maybe have one giant thread where people can discuss religion?

Megathreads never turn out well. They turn into a headache and 90% of the time die out.

Soundwave said:
To be honest I wouldn't mind it if religious/political threads just went away.

This is a forum about video game sales, having OT threads about other entertainment issues like movies, music, and sports is alright, but religion/politics seems like a huge ass stretch. Plus it would probably make life a lot easier for mods.

With that logic though, VGChartz would be close to dead. We need non-gaming threads to make people feel like VGChartz is more than just people who are obsessed with technology/games/sales. There are actually very good religious/political threads made. It's just that in the past week the amount of trolling religious threads have exploded. As long as the trolls and flamers aren't lurking around causing issues, I'm fine with it.

Pavolink said:
I normally find those threads boring.

guess it's easier for you to avoid then :P

 

Chris Hu said:

barneystinson69 said:

Exactly! Now look I have very very liberal in my views on science, but I'm still "Christan". I admit I don't attend church and have barely read anything in the bible, but I still believe in god. Maybe my views fit in more with a different religion, but people who do have religious views shouldn't be treated as "insane people".

I don't get it what is the point of calling yourself a Christian when you are a not a true believer. 

Who are you to judge whether he is a true believer or not? Unless I am mistaken, you aren't god, nor will you ever be. It is not up to you to decide who is and who isn't a true christian.

 

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged." Matthew 7:1