Discuss the state of the forums and find solutions

[trunkswd]

super_etecoon said:

trunkswd said:

I don't recall there being political issues, but than again I stay away from the politics section of the site. And stick with the sales and gaming topics. 

Politics was very, very bad here.  I actually had to remove the Politics forum from my feed.  Just lots of nasty, toxic behavior.  That's all well and good when discussing which game or console is better, but when it is something as pervasive and world altering as political movements it can be very emotionally distressing. I do agree that the Politics of the site got kind of wonky during those times...but I do not believe that that led to the mass exodus of folks from the site.  Those exits happened well before and if we're being honest, the politics that were being discussed on the site probably resulted in more traffic flow, not less.

I removed politics from my feed years ago, so I definitely missed it. I do agree that arguing which console is better than the other isn't like arguing about politics. I've seen how much worse politics can get on Twitter than even the worst fanboys.