Which one would you delete?
I (and every sane person alive) would choose to delete the politics section.
I (and every sane person alive) would choose to delete the politics section.
Blogs section is a forum?Politics section is fine. If you don't like it, you can't reason your positions or it doesn't interest you then don't go in there.
Blogs would go if it were me.
Remember when someone suggested that they made a politics sectionPolitics can go without looking back
Exactly. Also this is a fucking videogame forum (occasionally movies, TV, music or shitposting but mostly g@ming). Being reminded of how terrible the real world is when i'm here to talk about fucking VIDEO GAMES isn't my cup of tea. imo if these people want to discuss shit about politics, just GO ON ANOTHER SITE, A SUBREDDIT, LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE.The politics section or as it's also known the one place where I get transphobic abuse if I post absolutely anything in it section, really needs to be gone from the site. It's only purpose is as a place for people to bully or be bullied. Nobody can deny that 9 out of 10 threads in it end up with multiple posts deleted, arguments, name calling, bullying, and so on. It serves no purpose other than to make the site look bad. I know some staff member probably @FAST6191 will say having a politics section is good because it contains such bullshit to one section of the site. Well there is an easy solution to that.The site just needs to bring out a new rule banning all political talk from the whole of the site. Punishment should be strict for anyone failing to follow the new no politics rule
First political post. Warning
Second. Suspension
Third. Perma ban.
The strictness of such rules would soon put an end to the bullshit political nonsense that goes on in the site. People would soon catch on that they can't get away with posting political stuff. The site would be a better place and it would also slightly lessen the work for the staff. Somewhat of a win win situation for everyone.
I have seen flame wars over everything for decades now, especially in games (mario vs sonic, fifa vs pro evo, Sonic classic vs Sonic in name only Adventure, Sega vs Nintendo, MS being a outsider, Sony being an outsider, the N64 being a failure vs not, the Wii U "just being badly advertised", the gamecube controller being good, cheats vs no cheats, whether hacks disrepect the vision of the creators and thus should not be allowed...I don't like the political section. it leads to a lot of angry posts.
People have harmed, maimed or otherwise killed over politics. Can't say I've ever seen a fist fight over the N64 being good or bad... It all boils down to the severity of consequence. You can't sit here and compare politics (or even religion) to console wars. It's wrong and outright ignorant. You, of all people, should know better.I have seen flame wars over everything for decades now, especially in games (mario vs sonic, fifa vs pro evo, Sonic classic vs Sonic in name only Adventure, Sega vs Nintendo, MS being a outsider, Sony being an outsider, the N64 being a failure vs not, the Wii U "just being badly advertised", the gamecube controller being good, cheats vs no cheats, whether hacks disrepect the vision of the creators and thus should not be allowed...
Is politics section so very different?
So because someone might be upset at reading something, can't (or won't) defend a position they adopted or can't be bothered to filter their reading lists (even if it involves scrolling on past it like I did with "Retroarch + exFat = corruption? in Switch - Emulation, Homebrew & Software Projects" to get to this thread) we should draw an arbitrary line in the sand as far as discussion on the forums to say no mention of any laws, current events, reasons for alteration of media (or depictions in media deviating from history perhaps), maybe with a small exception when it is directly about games*, when it is directly about hacking for games purposes being opened up or shut down, maybe when it is about intellectual property for games (we saw third party servers variously allowed in the US for games where the official server is gone a while back), maybe when some moron politico wants to ban games (though no calling the politico a moron, only discuss the merits on the basis of free speech vs protection of people as artistic works make people violent I guess), possibly no discussion of Epic game store because some people consider them the absolute worst and we have had some fairly contentious topics there, no discussion of the government funded game addiction clinic as that might lead to a discussion about healthcare, guns feature in games but we only allow that for games as US 2nd amendment discussions (and different takes from various states) get heated, you must accept others are your betters vis a vis what pronouns to use as well as how many genders that there are and what to think about their many faceted structure there (never mind there is endless debate in those circles) or possibly just adopt the California tech site orthodoxy... (in which case why wouldn't I be on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, Youtube and cobut political posts are just inviting it.
Is this a computer game forum or a general forum with a leaning towards computer games and hacking thereof?Exactly. Also this is a fucking videogame forum (occasionally movies, TV, music or shitposting but mostly g@ming). Being reminded of how terrible the real world is when i'm here to talk about fucking VIDEO GAMES isn't my cup of tea. imo if these people want to discuss shit about politics, just GO ON ANOTHER SITE, A SUBREDDIT, LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE.
We must have been on very different playgrounds, and is that wilful ignorance of the very shady dealings various computer game companies have got up to over the years? Also plenty of people seem to have been hired and fired over games this last few years, some evening lifting their head up high and blowing their brains out. If stripping someone of their income, or possibly even career in some cases, is not pretty severe then yeah.People have harmed, maimed or otherwise killed over politics. Can't say I've ever seen a fist fight over the N64 being good or bad... It all boils down to the severity of consequence. You can't sit here and compare politics (or even religion) to console wars. It's wrong and outright ignorant. You, of all people, should know better.
A curious choice.and my alternative choice is reviews.
I appear to still be here and about as comprehensible as up all night and 5am me ever gets.you've already proven our points. you can't handle our opinions.
well, I don't want to get upset, and I don't want you to get upset either. that's why I steer clear of that sort of thing. my opinions will remain hidden even though I do have some pretty strong ones. I learned a long time ago that it's pointless trying to get someone else to see your side to something. words don't quite convey how you feel, which leads to misunderstandings. politics is bad in general, but it's really bad on a forum, because a lot of people don't care who they hurt. some people take it personally when someone has a different opinion.