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> I kind of agree; there should be a clearer policy regarding the posts allowed here. Either political posts are fine or they're not, but it seems like some hav
by klyrs 2y ago
> I kind of agree; there should be a clearer policy regarding the posts allowed here. Either political posts are fine or they're not, but it seems like some have been flagged and others not.
Dang has to override popular opinion to keep articles like this alive. Per my observation, he's willing to contingent on good behavior, which does not characterize the comments here.
And I disagree that we need a black and white policy that all of politics is in or out -- if nothing else we'd spend all of our time quibbling about what is and isn't politics.
- trealira 2y agoIf he isn't careful, people will begin to accuse him of bias, just like the owners of Reddit or Twitter. > Dang has to override popular opinion to keep articles like this alive. Per my observation, he's willing to contingent on good behavior, which does not characterize the comments here. Are you saying it's because of dang that the post is alive and not flagged anymore? I had assumed they unflagged it because the comments haven't stopping. > And I disagree that we need a black and white policy that all of politics is in or out A rule with lots of room for interpretation and gray areas will be hard to understand and easy to accuse of bias and/or corruption. I think having a policy that isn't black-and-white is riskier, at least. > if nothing else we'd spend all of our time quibbling about what is and isn't politics. If they picked a clear rule and consistently enforced it, no one would need to quibble, because everyone would know what the site moderation considers politics, at least. Off-topic comments would get removed, and, until they stopped appearing, so would comments complaining about enforcement.
- klyrs 2y agoYeah, turns out it was flagged that long because dang got a day off. The first I've ever heard of it tbh