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NameOmitted wrote:Would the site consider a factual thread, based on the MAX thread or COVID thread if the situation warrants?
seansasLCY wrote:I’m disappointed in the approach of the Mods to move the thread. Sometimes politics can’t be separated from things. This is one of those cases.
It might have helped the situation had mods tried to explain the situation rather than just move the thread.
There is also a lack of consistency in the approach of Mods. Political discussions such as green policies for France or Germany continued in the main forum.
It is clear from the number of comments in the threads that a lot of people disagree with the policy. What steps can users take to change it? Or is it Belarus rules...
lightsaber wrote:seansasLCY wrote:I’m disappointed in the approach of the Mods to move the thread. Sometimes politics can’t be separated from things. This is one of those cases.
It might have helped the situation had mods tried to explain the situation rather than just move the thread.
There is also a lack of consistency in the approach of Mods. Political discussions such as green policies for France or Germany continued in the main forum.
It is clear from the number of comments in the threads that a lot of people disagree with the policy. What steps can users take to change it? Or is it Belarus rules...
We mods encourage your comments here.
However, the nastiness of the political comments is only convincing the mods the movement was correct.
The #1 rule of our moderation is we do not moderate the truth. When the politics stays on aviation, that is one thing. But the grounding has certainly struck a chord.
The forum was moved because the majority of the discussion was not aviation related.
Lightsaber
lightsaber wrote:However, the nastiness of the political comments is only convincing the mods the movement was correct.
lightsaber wrote:However, the nastiness of the political comments is only convincing the mods the movement was correct.
Virtual737 wrote:If the biggest civil aviation topic in months, possibly years
davidjohnson6 wrote:While the Belarus topic feels very important right now, I would suggest that it may not be as significant as it seems
davidjohnson6 wrote:It is my belief that the significance is perhaps perceived as greater than it will be long term, only because it is happening *NOW*
bergkampsticket wrote:There have been a few political threads on here recently. See the thread about TLV being closed for a very simplistic pro-Israeli stance which goes frequently unchallenged, for example.
The inconsistency in this case is bizarre.
lightsaber wrote:The issue is, if we allow intense political discussion in one thread, we have set the precident.
CRJockey wrote:lightsaber wrote:The issue is, if we allow intense political discussion in one thread, we have set the precident.
Sorry, but no. Allowing exceptions to the rules are absolutely doable, as long as the users can comprehend why in certain cases it is indeed worthy to grant an exception. Aviation topics that are political in nature surely are such examples.
If that wasn't true, any discussion about WTO rulings, for example, could only be had in non-av, as they are pure politics.
TVNWZ wrote:What’s the difference in moderating the discussion in civ av since you are already having to be heavily engaged anyway in non av?