PixilEyes Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 For the past year I have personally seen more political threads than I would expect to see on a tech board. A few here and there no problem, but that is not the case. Most of these are copy and paste jobs and its almost always the same arguments. IMO take the politics off Neowin. It really does not benefit boards at all expect ad money. Fagutish 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nav1sk Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I agree. Those discussions generally don't lead anywhere, and generally bring up the same arguments over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The point of a forum is to have discussions, including politics. +Anarkii, Black Flash and GreatStalin 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hekkyUK Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I'd prefer they banned religion more than politics :) GreatStalin and +Anarkii 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Not unless you're going to ban religious threads as well. Fair's fair, after all. CrashG and GreatStalin 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 You'd be surprised at the amount of view's RWI gets. It's a very active section. I myself dislike the political area, but it's done very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Why no it's some times the only real alternative to Jokes and funny stuff. CrashG, Boifido, PixilEyes and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixilEyes Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 Why no it's some times the only real alternative to Jokes and funny stuff. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I'll even +1 ya for making me lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasty2k2 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Don't ban political discussion, if you arent allowed to talk about it, someone will always end up becoming an extremist over something. We need less extremism, and more information. Banning wont solve any of that, and while the same things are repeated throughout most threads, anyone with half a brain can spot an opinionated post from a factual one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackdoom Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 The point of a forum is to have discussions, including politics. This. Personally, I see it as beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted February 5, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2010 And what, remove the many instances where people can roll over Fox News? You would be depriving many people of such satisfaction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted February 5, 2010 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2010 I've got my own personal preferences, as do we all. I wouldn't lose any sleep if we didn't have a Sports section, but I'm not about to suggest others can't enjoy it. That's something I've always like about Neowin, on the surface we're a tech community, we all share that. But we cater to so many different interests and types of people. I believe that's what makes this a great community. +Anarkii, PixilEyes, Black Flash and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ien Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Yes, it's only fair that politics should be banned: the other contentious topic of religion is also banned and religious threads get merged in to one big one. If we're going to be squemish and ban a topic, we should be ready to start banning similar ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subject Delta Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 No. Neowin is a community that caters to almost all comers, and I would like it to stay that way. Black Flash 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixilEyes Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I've got my own personal preferences, as do we all. I wouldn't lose any sleep if we didn't have a Sports section, but I'm not about to suggest others can't enjoy it. That's something I've always like about Neowin, on the surface we're a tech community, we all share that. But we cater to so many different interests and types of people. I believe that's what makes this a great community. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Helll no, you should never stifle debate. If you don't like the politics/religious section then simply ignore that section. I think debate is healthy, it is progress and it is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 People have their views, If you can't talk about them then what use is having a public forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vykranth Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Neowin is far bigger than 'just a tech forum' and political discussions are a part of it, as are Formula One threads, Rappy's wallpapers threads and J&FS. So, no, please, keep the political discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted February 5, 2010 Member Share Posted February 5, 2010 Discussion forum for discussion! I personally don't pop in to the politics section much but that's not to say it should be removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalx Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 imo too, they should go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Topham Hatt Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 There is a simple choice: If you don't like it, then don't go in the forum :) I don't have a need for the Apple or Linux forums, so I just ignore them :D +Anarkii 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singh400 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 There is a simple choice: If you don't like it, then don't go in the forum :) I don't have a need for the Apple or Linux forums, so I just ignore them :D Hold on, what has Linux ever done to you?! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.F.D.K Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 It should not be banned, its a very simple logic that i use to get through the forum. If you don't like whats posted than don't bother contributing to it because you only going to make it worst. One of the major problems human race has is that, a lot of people don't have the ability to respect someone's else opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.derosa Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 You can just not click on the threads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalx Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 It should not be banned, its a very simple logic that i use to get through the forum. If you don't like whats posted than don't bother contributing to it because you only going to make it worst. One of the major problems human race has is that, a lot of people don't have the ability to respect someone's else opinion. It's more a problem with opinionation on the internet. The threads usually move from debates to mud slinging of opinions. Politics shouldn't be banned, at least by news articles. But when it becomes blatant flamebait biased material either way (left or right as it's said) especially in relation to American politics, it's no different to the hijacking and ruining of technology related threads with fanboyism flamebait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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