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>As a reminder, most political posts are considered off-topic. So are meta posts like this. If you don't like a post, you can simply not participate in the di
by krapp 2y ago
>As a reminder, most political posts are considered off-topic.
So are meta posts like this.
If you don't like a post, you can simply not participate in the discussion, or flag it if you think it's off topic. But asking everyone else to change their behavior to suit your liking is a pointless waste of time.
- DamonHD 2y agoPeople are asked not to post SPAM (eg penis pills and crypto), or porn or warez or worse, indeed insist on it, so why is political polemic categorically different? Real question: I'm not sure how I'd draw the line algorithmically for example.
- krapp 2y agoIn this case I think it's the polemics which are the problem, not the politics. It's fine if people don't want polemics, rancor, bad faith, all that nonsense, but those aren't unique to political threads. Being opposed to politics per se is just personal taste, and arguing about matters of personal taste doesn't make for insightful or interesting reading. Also, and maybe more pertinently, the train has kind of left the station. People want to talk politics, they're going to talk politics, and no one is going to stop them from talking politics. Dang tried to ban politics entirely once and it was a disaster. Asking people to just stop posting political threads is as useless as asking people to stop posting about AI.