05-03-2013, 10:27 PM
There's currently a second sticky asking a question, or seeking a vote yet both are disabled.
So ...
Yes I sometimes post to the Political Side but wouldn't miss it if it disappeared.
I gathered from the earlier thing posted here by Larry that it acted as a sink to keep political talk out of the rest. A necessary evil that drains resources.
OK, I get that and can't disagree. But one thing to consider might be implementing time limits, as has been mentioned. You only get to post once a day. Or once every few hours. Or whatever. Discourage posting there but not entirely. Just enough to be used as sink. Easier to moderate. Low traffic to need bandwidth/server space for. M A V I C's had some interesting suggestions above regarding all of this, too.
So ...
Yes I sometimes post to the Political Side but wouldn't miss it if it disappeared.
I gathered from the earlier thing posted here by Larry that it acted as a sink to keep political talk out of the rest. A necessary evil that drains resources.
OK, I get that and can't disagree. But one thing to consider might be implementing time limits, as has been mentioned. You only get to post once a day. Or once every few hours. Or whatever. Discourage posting there but not entirely. Just enough to be used as sink. Easier to moderate. Low traffic to need bandwidth/server space for. M A V I C's had some interesting suggestions above regarding all of this, too.