How the heck are we going to mod this section? It sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait. Then we'll have the usual problem with Non-US people griping about how unfair it is that it only covers US politics (I'm assuming here) as well as put in their two bits ON US politics. It's going to be messy!
How the heck are we going to mod this section? It sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait.
Hey, Mr 'Guy', you have dubious personal hygiene and your mother dresses you funny!:-)
I think if Slashdot is going for maximising pointless, impossible-to-resolve arguments and flamebait, there's always another section that can be added... [slashdot.org]
No, flamebait shouldn't be disabled. In my opinion you can write biased comments reflecting your opinion, as long as you explain why your opinion is what it is, and don't just directly insult those opposing you. (If you do, then that is flamebait.) But you're right in that sense that the difference between flamebait and trolling on this section will probably be thin.
And about that US-centricism... yeah, beautiful colours, except that stupid flag up there. But if the topic of a particular topic happens to b
In my opinion you can write biased comments reflecting your opinion, as long as you explain why your opinion is what it is, and don't just directly insult those opposing you.
So it'll be okay as long as we don't let any actual politicians post comments?
Yeah, you can write fair, biased comments, but that doesn't mean they won't be modded down.
I've seen political discussions on slashdot before, and it's sickening how many posts are modded down because someone doesn't agree with them. It's abuse of moderation but no-one seems to mind.
Even then, I don't think discussing politics on a US-based site is much good. This may seem harsh coming from an outsider, but when I see Americans arguing politics I'm reminded of school-children. It ALWAYS comes down to name
Then we'll have the usual problem with Non-US people...put[ting] in their two bits ON US politics.
Why is this a problem?
The rest of the world is affected by U.S. politics, whether through military action or trade and monetary policy. As a Canadian, I know that the United States is my country's largest trading partner. (For that matter, Canada is also the United States' largest trading partner.) Jobs, goods, and services flow back and forth across the world's longest undefended land border to the tun
Actually, that didn't come out quite the way it was intended. The problem I see isn't peer review, it's arrogant antagonistic peer review by people who don't understand the process, intents, or scale of our country. I think from this point I'm going to take it into my journal, where I can rant a little more freely. I'm sorry for giving the impression that I don't care about ALL foreign input; it's actually a very certain type of foreign input I care very little about.
It sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait.
Well, one man's Flamebait/Overrated is another's Insightful/Overrated.
My guess is that you'll see +5 Insightful posts of various kinds of political perspectives. The best threads I've read on/. are the ones where directly opposing views are expressed in an alternating fashion through the replies of the thread.
A politics section is an interesting experiment though.
Then we'll have the usual problem with Non-US people griping about how unfair it is that it only covers US politics (I'm assuming here) as well as put in their two bits ON US politics. It's going to be messy!
I'm surprised you see this as a problem. As an Australian, I take great pleasure in reading news stories about Australia from foreign media (and the odd comment on Slashdot). Outsiders usually have a lot of insight and can see more of my country than we do. So, as an outsider myself, I can tell you (A
Disable Flamebait? (Score:4, Interesting)
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Hey, Mr 'Guy', you have dubious personal hygiene and your mother dresses you funny!
I think if Slashdot is going for maximising pointless, impossible-to-resolve arguments and flamebait, there's always another section that can be added... [slashdot.org]
Three Words (Score:1)
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And about that US-centricism... yeah, beautiful colours, except that stupid flag up there. But if the topic of a particular topic happens to b
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So it'll be okay as long as we don't let any actual politicians post comments?
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In the meantime mod parent funny.
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I've seen political discussions on slashdot before, and it's sickening how many posts are modded down because someone doesn't agree with them. It's abuse of moderation but no-one seems to mind.
Even then, I don't think discussing politics on a US-based site is much good. This may seem harsh coming from an outsider, but when I see Americans arguing politics I'm reminded of school-children. It ALWAYS comes down to name
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Why is this a problem?
The rest of the world is affected by U.S. politics, whether through military action or trade and monetary policy. As a Canadian, I know that the United States is my country's largest trading partner. (For that matter, Canada is also the United States' largest trading partner.) Jobs, goods, and services flow back and forth across the world's longest undefended land border to the tun
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Not a problem. (Score:2)
It sounds like EVERY comment is going to be flamebait.
Well, one man's Flamebait/Overrated is another's Insightful/Overrated.
My guess is that you'll see +5 Insightful posts of various kinds of political perspectives. The best threads I've read on /. are the ones where directly opposing views are expressed in an alternating fashion through the replies of the thread.
A politics section is an interesting experiment though.
zRe:Disable Flamebait? (Score:2)
I'm surprised you see this as a problem. As an Australian, I take great pleasure in reading news stories about Australia from foreign media (and the odd comment on Slashdot). Outsiders usually have a lot of insight and can see more of my country than we do. So, as an outsider myself, I can tell you (A