Political threads/sub-forum

[Bill Walker]

Subforum please. Let the argumentative small-dicked posters fight it out away from those of us who like a laugh

So how many posters dicks have you seen ?

 

[Bill Walker]

Fumble has secretly told me that he is voting Tory next time. Chippy boy convinced him.

He was always a Tory, just acting like a left wing nut job cos he thought it was cool and sexy.

 

[nellyonthewing]

If you want a political row just go on the Mail or Guardian though I'm currently banned from the Guardian (commie rag)

 

[Ricster]

More than happy to moderate it for you Ric ;)

 

[worsleyweb]

If you want a political row just go on the Mail or Guardian though I'm currently banned from the Guardian (commie rag)

No one reads the guardian any more. Not far off the morning star.

 

[Metal Biker]

Keep them just moderate them more when the discussion starts getting personal or devolves into personal attacks.

Debate the point not the person making it.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Put them all in a politics forum, in a few years they will hopefully realise that politician's are a bunch of self serving cunts, whatever pot they pretend to piss in.

 

[Mike N]

Can we please have a vote option to stop the boring bastards who spoil every thred with their personal aguments and spend all day crafting their know-all answers option?

 

[Bill Walker]

Having thought about this I just changed my vote to a sub forum

Probably the right way to go, banning political threads seems a bit puerile.

 

[aguero93:20]

Following on from something mentioned in the Forum changes thread, just thought it’d be interesting to get a better idea of what users would prefer to see when it comes to political threads in Off Topic.

Many of these threads just end in arguments and petty point scoring on all sides, so often you get little sensible debate or discussion. They can make the atmosphere pretty toxic at times, and are a pain in the arse to moderate.

On the other hand, would Off Topic be a bit dull or perhaps even banal without any political discussions?

Would a better compromise be to have a political sub-forum so that those who want to debate politics can do so without it clogging up Off Topic, or would that be a fairly pointless move?

It’s not a definitive poll or anything (as a staunch Remainer I’d probably ignore “the will of the people” anyway [joke]), but it’s always useful to get a feel for what users think. As always, any thoughts or feedback appreciated.

Sub forum. Think people are reluctant to go into off topic nowadays in case they run into some **** who'll bite their head off for having an opinion. I claim the fifth on that count. Let people take the piss in off topic as well though Ric, that's been the bigger difference and problem.