04-02-07, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth
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Originally Posted by Enigma
Easy fix? Make a "Politics" forum.  |
I wouldn't have a problem with that "fix" if people just intelligently discussed politics. But don't think for a second that's going to happen on the interweb. A more aptly named poltical forum for here (or any simulation internet forum that has had a Current Events board) would be the, "Baiting, **** stirring/slinging, pinko lefties vs. fascist righties fight to the death corner". I for the life of me can't figure out why Neal pays the bandwith for people to smear this kind of stuff across his general forum as is. He's a far kinder man than I. I completely agree that SubSim should be a place for SubSim fans to unite, not facilitate divisions within those that play submarine simulations.
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That sums up my thoughts exactly. I could make a "political" forum, even make it a "sub-forum" and bury it, so to speak, so only those determined to antagonize each other will dwell there. Problem is, after a period of time, we would have the same problem all over again. I would be getting PMs from Joe saying Bill is flaming, or Gus is calling people nazis, etc. and like to said, that's not the reason we pay $600 each month for servers and hosting. I prefer to re-use the feeble solution we've always used, which is when things get out of hand, we collectively agree to chill. Historically, most people in the Subsim forums agree, no kind of forum changes or enforcement is needed. We have people of all kinds here and the few who cannot get along will be asked to take their agendas elsewhere. Let them call Air America or Rush Limbaugh, or post on any of a thousand forums where people daily try to dismember each other. We don't want that atmosphere here. |
Just make a discalimer - enter at your own risk!  And state that these kinds of things will generally be ignored!
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