News, Politics & Economic forum rule review
Discussion
Now that this this rule has been live for a few months will it be reviewed to see if the desired outcome has been met.
To start, I get it that this is a motoring site and you would prefer not to have to deal with the toxic threads on the politics forum as they only drag the site down.
I am a regular reader and occasional poster so coming from the perspective of someone who enjoys following a thread for the rich contributions of a varied mix of posters most of whom also come with a car background, I understand that this annoys some other posters who only want hyper posters and this rule is ideal at catering to these hyper posters. I would think that there are lots of others like me and the site needs them as we too bring revenue through clicks etc.
So my feedback is that this sub-forum has become more toxic than before the rule change. There has been an exodus of knowledgeable middleground posters who either don't have enough posts or simply cant be bothered anymore and instead we are left with a handful of hardline posters dominating threads. These hardline posters seem to have endless time to dedicate to forcing their view down peoples troats in a very unfriendly manner or arguing amongst themselves. Yes these posters existed before the rule but they stand out much more as there are fewer non hardliners posting. The petty arguments between posters has gotten beyond a joke, each day these posters exchange 10s of tearing into each other repeating the same old crap. Id say I click into the politics site around 80% less than I used to and lately leave quickly as the quality is so poor.
Again, I get that this is a motoring site and this makes mods lives easier in regards to new regs, but through this rule change a previously mildly toxic section has turned into an absolute cesspit. If as you say you want to promote motor chat, why not just close this section down and let other users use reddit etc, to me this would make more sense?
Similar to how previous threads questioning this rule has gone, I am 90% expecting a mod to come along and just say shut up, not for debate and lock the thread and point me to a 3 month old thread which is locked to posting!, but said I would try to give a different perspective.
To start, I get it that this is a motoring site and you would prefer not to have to deal with the toxic threads on the politics forum as they only drag the site down.
I am a regular reader and occasional poster so coming from the perspective of someone who enjoys following a thread for the rich contributions of a varied mix of posters most of whom also come with a car background, I understand that this annoys some other posters who only want hyper posters and this rule is ideal at catering to these hyper posters. I would think that there are lots of others like me and the site needs them as we too bring revenue through clicks etc.
So my feedback is that this sub-forum has become more toxic than before the rule change. There has been an exodus of knowledgeable middleground posters who either don't have enough posts or simply cant be bothered anymore and instead we are left with a handful of hardline posters dominating threads. These hardline posters seem to have endless time to dedicate to forcing their view down peoples troats in a very unfriendly manner or arguing amongst themselves. Yes these posters existed before the rule but they stand out much more as there are fewer non hardliners posting. The petty arguments between posters has gotten beyond a joke, each day these posters exchange 10s of tearing into each other repeating the same old crap. Id say I click into the politics site around 80% less than I used to and lately leave quickly as the quality is so poor.
Again, I get that this is a motoring site and this makes mods lives easier in regards to new regs, but through this rule change a previously mildly toxic section has turned into an absolute cesspit. If as you say you want to promote motor chat, why not just close this section down and let other users use reddit etc, to me this would make more sense?
Similar to how previous threads questioning this rule has gone, I am 90% expecting a mod to come along and just say shut up, not for debate and lock the thread and point me to a 3 month old thread which is locked to posting!, but said I would try to give a different perspective.
Edited by acer12 on Thursday 16th June 10:09
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