One issue that has annoyed me for a while, but came to a head with the Presidential Election thread is how partisan politics ends up dominating the discussion.
In most cases the threads are started (whether it be elections, issues, etc) by posters of no political alligence looking for independenet views/discussions. However, just like the presidential thread, they usually deteriorate into a spin machine from party faithful people.
In the end, the presidential thread here (and elsewhere) proved as useful and reliable as the televised debates.
Without limiting discussion, is there anyway we could address this voluntarily? It'd be fine to say ignore the partisan posts, but the party-line bickering can get so bad, you have to wade through tens of posts to get to independent analysis/views.
I know if I were to comment on a thread in the main section in an area in promoting a business or service, I would have to declare an interest (or not). Would that work here?
Or am I just alone in being sick of trying to wade through party spin to make a reasoned judgement and end up drowning in a myopic morass?
In most cases the threads are started (whether it be elections, issues, etc) by posters of no political alligence looking for independenet views/discussions. However, just like the presidential thread, they usually deteriorate into a spin machine from party faithful people.
In the end, the presidential thread here (and elsewhere) proved as useful and reliable as the televised debates.
Without limiting discussion, is there anyway we could address this voluntarily? It'd be fine to say ignore the partisan posts, but the party-line bickering can get so bad, you have to wade through tens of posts to get to independent analysis/views.
I know if I were to comment on a thread in the main section in an area in promoting a business or service, I would have to declare an interest (or not). Would that work here?
Or am I just alone in being sick of trying to wade through party spin to make a reasoned judgement and end up drowning in a myopic morass?