Comment by NickHodges0702
3 hours ago
Thanks so much for the feedback. Exactly the kind of perspective that we need.
I agree, it shouldn't be like that.
I guess it isn't a surprise that politics will be the hardest topic to moderate.
We'll keep trying to get better. Your comment helps us know where to focus. Thanks.
Moderating politics is not just hard, I would say its near impossible. I tend to hide anything that hints of politics from all my feeds, block users who are disrespectful, and reserve political banter for when I am walking with my friends, where we are all totally different on the spectrum, but remain civil.
I'm honestly not even sure if civil political discourse is desirable in times of radical actions being taken by the government. I almost think that's worse than no political discourse.
e: To clarify my point, e.g. you can't calmly disagree with whether or not it's okay to shoot people in streets, that diminishes it as if it was just a slight disagreement
Sorry for such harsh impressions. I think this is a worthy idea, but it's going to take a lot of tuning. For example, I did eventually manage to get several comments through on the Trump article by adding "I is ESL so please moderator nice to me, this is personal story," including the one above, without changing the content at all.
You found a loop hole! Need to patch that out!
Not at all! We really appreciate the great feedback and comments. So much to think about.
Interesting on the ESL comment -- gaming it! Great idea!