Thread: Politics and religion are off-limits, unless you opt in
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Old 10-29-2010, 03:10 AM   #136
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Originally Posted by Xanthe View Post
...One of the forums I'm on broke up the political discussions into two rooms, Red (conservative) and Blue (progressive/liberal). Anyone can read the posts in either room, but if you post in one room, you're forbidden from posting in the other room for 45 days. You also can't quote or refer to specific posts in the other room. This cuts down on trolling and flame wars, and since news topics change so quickly, the 45-day time limit gives topics a chance to cool down (not to mention, if you're used to posting in a political forum, it's almost like going through withdrawal to not post for 45 days just to be able to change rooms. )
Surely that cuts down on the trolling, but at the same time, I can think of no surer way to prevent dialogue.
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