Politics and stuff

[Bruce Wayne]

As some of the longer term members know, we've had long-running discussions about the merits of political threads on GOT as they tend to result in disagreements and in-fighting amongst Blues.

They, and other similarly 'hot' topics, do tend to be discussed however, so we're going to trial putting them all into the upgraded member lounge, where moderation is more relaxed on account of it being primarily used by members who have shown a willingness to support the site.

Threads that will be put there include topics such as politics, religion, guns and so on. Any existing threads on these topics will be moved over to the upgraded lounge by Sunday evening.

 

[summerisle]

It's all gone a bit Westworld for me. There's another place as well?

You need some ruby slippers.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

go to the back bedroom, open up the wardrobe and step thro the coats, all becomes clear!

It disturbs me greatly that you have been in my house...I only came here to talk Everton....

 

[Donald Twain]

This is now going the same way as the threads it rails against..

 

[Donald Twain]

Why are posters attacking other posters ?

 

[Frank Gallagher]

This is now going the same way as the threads it rails against..

the popular threads attract all the users thats why dar...

and it genrally descends into ale house bantz init

 

[Seanjd]

Why are posters attacking other posters ?

It has to turn into a full blown politicised attack-fest to stick it to the man.

Who here loves Donald Trump?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Do you offer anything constructive to the forum anymore other than to moan and report posts?

Nope.

I did think about having a sensible discussion about Ronald Koeman once but decided to call someone a FIFA loving virgin dog botherer 72 points instead.

And i don't know what you mean about reporting posts.

 

[Donald Twain]

Nope.

I did think about having a sensible discussion about Ronald Koeman once but decided to call someone a FIFA loving virgin dog botherer 72 points instead.

And i don't know what you mean about reporting posts.

I've seen references to dog bothering in player threads for no apparent reason !

 

[bring the ghost on]

Just having a quick look down the recent/new active (in the last 24 hours) threads in the Ale House, Bruce is basically saying that all of these are now suddenly banned:

Donald Trump POTUS
The Orgreave Enquiry
Basic Income For All
Vietnam '67
BBC News
The "Another Shooting in America" thread

And these are only the threads which are blatantly political/"hot topics" based on their subject matter. As people have mentioned, there are plenty of others with a lot of "political" content.

It's basically going to wipe out half of the interesting discussion in the Ale House so that we are just left with cat GIF threads and Carlos's quick reply box. Easy to moderate, sure, but Jesus...

 

[magicjuan]

You need some ruby slippers.

Et tu Toto?

 

[bignev23]

BOOOOOOOOOOO.... Let the minge bags have their say. Capitalism at it's worst. The poor are silenced again.

 

[Elong]

Nope.

I did think about having a sensible discussion about Ronald Koeman once but decided to call someone a FIFA loving virgin dog botherer 72 points instead.

And i don't know what you mean about reporting posts.

Yeah. Ya do.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Just having a quick look down the recent/new active (in the last 24 hours) threads in the Ale House, Bruce is basically saying that all of these are now suddenly banned:

Donald Trump POTUS
The Orgreave Enquiry
Basic Income For All
Vietnam '67
BBC News
The "Another Shooting in America" thread

And these are only the threads which are blatantly political/"hot topics" based on their subject matter. As people have mentioned, there are plenty of others with a lot of "political" content.

It's basically going to wipe out half of the interesting discussion in the Ale House so that we are just left with cat GIF threads and Carlos's quick reply box. Easy to moderate, sure, but Jesus...

DissapointIng day in the history of GOT really.

 

[ToffeeTim]

GOT is a community at the end of the day, it's more than just a message board. That's why I keep coming back. I get why you want to limit the stuff to mainly footie, but the fact that we can log in here, and discuss the most obscure rubbish and have debate on bizarre things is what makes GOT great. Just like Everton are more than a football club, GOT is more than a forum.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Yeah. Ya do.

No, i really don't.