05-03-2013, 06:13 PM
I think you have less visitation on the other side partly because people expect a certain degree of polarization in a "Political Ranting" forum, and you also have "friendly" in quotes, which implicitly enforces the expectation of ungentlemanly/ladylike behavior. There are occasionally topics on the Tips side that get moved to the other side, even if the thread isn't out of control; they're moved solely because they might get politicized or are NSFW. It actually might be a good idea to unify the sides, but give more options for filtering content. Allow us to ignore topic keywords, for example.