Now before you all get scared at the title, let me explain my reasoning.
This is election time and things are bound to get heated. We all know this, but those that have recently browsed through Current Events will notice the high amount of topics related to politics:
Now, while everyone is free to have whatever political view they want, things are getting out of hand. There are 2 big issues I see:
First one, news reports shouldn't have heavily opinionated titles. Users should quote whatever an article says, post the source, then their opinion in order to initiate discussion. Let me take thread titles examples from the board right now:
This is good: Trump: Obama 'was more angry at me than he was at the shooter' ISIS Supporters Stab Transgender Man In Brussels
This is not good: HALLELUJAH! Hillary Clinton May Finally Be Put in Prison Hillary's "Rhetoric" Inspires Islamic Terrorism
A person can make a news thread with a source from whatever conspiracy site, spam the whole board with them and get away with it because they still quoted a source. Doing this right now, however, is all fine, since it doesn't go against the board rules:
-When creating a new thread, do not only post news articles, videos, etc. but also add your own thoughts to initiate discussion.
-If you cite a news article, please include the source.
-Do not bump threads more than two weeks old. That's my concern, which leads me into the second major issue I see:
I contacted a mod regarding how recent news had to be, and I had no clear answer when I reported a thread from a quote a politician made several years ago. I could literally post about how the Democratic Party of America supported slavery in the 1800s and how they're terrible because I still quoted a source, I added my thoughts, and didn't bump any thread.
I could argue my way out of any of this because it's literally not in the rules. So those are my suggestions, state how recent a news report must be and don't make speculative and opinionated titles, I think impartiality is important and it would help to create actual discussion, instead of posts like "We get it OP, you don't like Muslims".
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