| Dark_Lord_2008 said: The Leftists stir things up with their I want everything for free posts and they complain and insult our great President Trump. The Leftists are entertaining and are fun to argue with when you are an ultra right conservative pro-Trump fan. If the political arguments brings in traffic, there is no real harm in turning a blind eye and allowing the threads to drag on. |
If you could leave the political whinging at the door and remain on topic, that would be fantastic.
Left and Right are simply two sides of a coin... Two different perspectives... And both are needed for a functional, stable democracy and a healthy debate.
It's not so much the debates/arguments that are the issue though anyway, it's the degree of toxicity which often spills over into other threads that some are taking issue with.
| TalonMan said: ...on topic - I think keeping the Politics section is actually important, because it keeps all of the political discussions into one board (like a garbage collector), rather than having those conversations spill into other forums around the entire website. Of course, moderators would control this by trashing any political conversations that start on other boards - but it then sorta has that feel like Freedom of Speech being taken away (no political board at all, and no conversation about politics being allowed in other gaming boards - strong arm tactics!!!). |
I am all for leaving it in place... We aren't required to venture into that part of the forum, but I don't mind doing it on the odd occasion... And debate, even if it is slightly heated tends to be healthy in my opinion.
But if it brings in new users, then that's a bonus as well.
I feel like Forums are a last century construct as it is... And it feels like they are in decline across the internet, so any excuse you can use to retain and bring in new users has to be a good thing, right?
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