Should The Political Discussion Board Remain?

[Mnementh]

TalonMan said:

Mnementh said:

If that is the problem, I see other options. How about mods can ban a topic from the hot topics section? If a discussion had becoming a back and forth it is still interesting for the participants, but not for the rest, so it can actually go from the hot topics although the thread still stays open. Heck, I even would agree that too old topics (a few days) could be automatically removed from the hot topics. If a thread is active for so long, it is mostly for heated discussion, which will be harder and harder for newcomers to get into. Also it would help against necrobumping.

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.

What about my other suggestion, that older threads are removed from home page/hot topics? This would be not defined by the mod leaning. All threads older than let's say three days are not shown on the home page. Quite frankly, I see a lot of topics I already seen before. I either posted in them if I am interested (or subscribed, a cool feature to keep track of thrreads, thank you), or not and then I probably won't do that. If these places are filled with newer threads I might even participate in more threads - as I see more new stuff more often. For instance of the 15 threads on the home page for me 8 are older than three days. Often official threads of some sort or some games. But if I want to participate in them I already did, or subscribed them. If these 8 spots are replaced by newer threads, I might find something to post into because I have a decidedly strong opinion about the topic. Oh yes, one thread (this one) is pinned, pinned threads should stay on the home page. Hell, make it a non-default options for users with account (or supporters). I would turn this option on.

Last edited by Mnementh - on 10 March 2019