Hi there.

A short introduction: This is an alt account. I’m a moderator here who has been unhappy with the state of news/political discussions here for a long time. The admins have kindly given me the opportunity to see if we can make some improvement the community here.

We will be doing some major revision of the rules left by the previous moderators and will use discussions in this thread as feedback on the direction we should take our community.

This will be an open discussion on the state of our community, the rules and our moderation practices. Feel free to give your inputs.

My goal is to foster thoughtful discussion in our community, and not let this place be a replica of r/politics.

First order of business, immediate rule change.

On !politics@lemmy.world, effectively immediately, we will no longer restrict political discussion to the politics of the United States of America. Discussion regarding of the state of politics from around the world is now welcome.

I will leave this pinned for 1-2 weeks for our team to take feedback and make our proposals then.

  • Godric@lemmy.world
    72·
    10 months ago

    I’d like it if this was a place for nuanced discussion of political issues, not an endless stream of tabloid-level garbage involving politicians. I believe drivel like “Trump Smells” and the later clarification “Like Butts And Armpitts” is childish and need not be here.

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 months ago

      I agree, but it’s a hard line to draw when Trump is the likely GOP presidential nominee, and half or more of Republicans in Congress are little knock off versions of him. Take for instance, Trump’s Christmas message directing Biden and liberals to rot in hell, that’s just a garbage story. But it’s the presumptive GOP nominee saying it, so I guess it’s substantive? If you ignore it, you normalize it.

      Maybe it’s not news stories that are at fault, it’s just that the US politics itself has reached “tablod-level garbage”. Fuck I’m not looking for to this election year.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
      8·
      10 months ago

      I’d agree, but there needs to be a place for political slugfests too. Where can we discuss Trump’s BO, Rudy’s flop sweat and BoBo’s HJs?

    • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I would love if a style like r/neutralpolitics could happen here but it takes A LOT of moderation to pull off successfully, and unfortunately the format is incredibly susceptible to “sealioning”.