Subj : Re: Politics
To   : McDoob
From : Avon
Date : Sat May 14 2022 11:43 am

On 18 Mar 2022 at 11:51a, McDoob pondered and said...
 
 Mc> I have waited to give my opinion on this. I am fully aware of the amount
 Mc> of negativity that can arise when talking about these subjects, as I am
 Mc> somewhat active in the POLITICS echo over on Fidonet. And this is why
 Mc> I've decided that I agree with the popular opinion that you've heard
 Mc> from many others. This is a bad idea, Paul...

OK thanks Shaun...

 Mc> The very least problem of endorsing these conversations would be a sharp
 Mc> increase in your moderator work load. A  potential worst-case scenario
 Mc> would be having members abandon this 'net, the way it has happened on
 Mc> Fidonet.

Yep, thanks noted.

 Mc> I think you should stick to what you're doing right now, with the Ukraine
 Mc> discussion: specifically allowing a certain amount of friendly
 Mc> conversation, but discouraging politics and religion as a general rule.
 Mc> 
 Mc> Perhaps an echo for 'world events', as a place to discuss these things.
 Mc> But certainly *not* a politics echo!
 Mc> Just my opinion, of course. (^_^)

Coolio thanks for this feedback. yeah the word events / news aspect seems to flow in the general echo from time to time and as you say it's the degree it veers into full on political debate that needs some moderation at times. Not sure about the merits of a 'news/events' echo. Be interested to hear from others on that one.

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