Can you out politics in it's own sub column tab section away from regular gaming section. We have an EOF tab, a blog tab, a news tab. Can you put politics in its own tab so that its not overpopulating the gaming tab.
I agree or filter all political threads out.Can you out politics in it's own sub column tab section away from regular gaming section. We have an EOF tab, a blog tab, a news tab. Can you put politics in its own tab so that its not overpopulating the gaming tab.
I am pretty sure the fact the section is massively disliked by a good chunk of the site and is constantly being asked to be removed or a better means of hiding it should be considered a pretty compelling case. It's really only become a popular section for conspiracies and far-right members at this point.That time of the month again? We see such a suggestion come up every so often, along with hiding it for those that did not explicitly authorise viewing it, but nobody has made a particularly good case yet.
If that really is the case (for better or worse you have the whole boy who cried wolf about you at present, that or Overton windows and yourself... yeah) then why not allow them their silliness like the EOF is used for general silliness? It is generally noted it is a containment section as well or is that an insufficient reason?I am pretty sure the fact the section is massively disliked by a good chunk of the site and is constantly being asked to be removed or a better means of hiding it should be considered a pretty compelling case. It's really only become a popular section for conspiracies and far-right members at this point.
I argue that users should just be able to hide sections they aren't interested in. We already have an option to hide them from our main page feed, we should also have the option to hide them from the forum section. It makes no sense to hide sections in one area but just have them in the other. This doesn't just have to apply to the political section, this can apply to all sections. I have no interest in the PS5 section, I don't own one and I doubt I will any time soon. I wouldn't mind hiding that section because I have no interest in it. This is already a feature that we have, why not apply it to https://gbatemp.net/forums/ as well? Give the option to hide those sections and have a little "unhide" option at the bottom of the page?If that really is the case (for better or worse you have the whole boy who cried wolf about you at present, that or Overton windows and yourself... yeah) then why not allow them their silliness like the EOF is used for general silliness? It is generally noted it is a containment section as well or is that an insufficient reason?
Alternatively be the change you want to see and bring up topics you think worth knowing about/can make compelling discussions for (might also do the whole sunlight great disinfectant or if they are beyond the pale in some way maybe you bring them to the light). Sadly for my money not always the same thing and things that are fascinating and can have very nice outcomes when employed in your own life -- while everything is not political office politics is something of a thing too many have to deal with or encounter when dealing with other organisations and it is pretty fractal most of the way down. Whatever the politics equivalent of the whole "Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others" notion seemingly being in play too often).
As far as good chunk then I might debate that or vocal minority (observational at best but the complaints seem to be the same handful of individuals). There is also the ideal of free speech to consider in all that -- the site had long been about discussions of things some others might not like and leaving it in could even dodge the tyranny of the mob thing.
Better means of hiding for those that somehow can't or won't scroll on by is a thing though and maybe bring it up for the what's new in suggestions somewhere.
I have never seen anyone ask to move it in a sub columnThese posts are actually becoming more annoying than the Politics Forum itself.
It would be helpful for some if there was a way to hide it in /whats-new which is defaulted to since the last forum update, but an effort can always be made to still manually use /new instead where it can be hidden.
To have the ability to streamline the forums to see sections you prefer should be enough to justify the option. As you said, not even just politics. To be able to hide subs and forums a person doesn't ever read or doesn't want to makes the end experience better. Not to mention cleaner.I argue that users should just be able to hide sections they aren't interested in. We already have an option to hide them from our main page feed, we should also have the option to hide them from the forum section. It makes no sense to hide sections in one area but just have them in the other. This doesn't just have to apply to the political section, this can apply to all sections. I have no interest in the PS5 section, I don't own one and I doubt I will any time soon. I wouldn't mind hiding that section because I have no interest in it. This is already a feature that we have, why not apply it to https://gbatemp.net/forums/ as well? Give the option to hide those sections and have a little "unhide" option at the bottom of the page?
That is not the classic way to view forums though. People have been used to posts being grouped into subforums and you only view one subforum at a time instead of just having a grab-bag of posts like on Twitter or Facebook.As far as hiding the section then if you use the far superior
https://gbatemp.net/new/ method of viewing the new posts on the site then the customise options there (top right of the page just below the header) will give you the option to exclude forum sections and groups or indeed only include things from your chosen sections if that works more for you.
If that is the case it is easier still to avoid the politics section.That is not the classic way to view forums though. People have been used to posts being grouped into subforums and you only view one subforum at a time instead of just having a grab-bag of posts like on Twitter or Facebook.
This is why forums using more modern engines like Discourse often have posts complaining about the default view being the grab-bag which then has to be switched in user settings to the classic subforum view.
Just not going to the politics subforum is one thing, but you still get to see thread titles
100% agreed!There aren't any arguments against the ability to hide subforums
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