If only because there would be no cybering in sub-threads, with all THAT schoolyard drama. It would probably be little worse or different than the current CMB.
There's little difference in recent weeks between a politics board and this CMB, or at least it seems that way upon quick glances before resuming reading or viewing another site.
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/Survey: If this place had a separate politics board like several other sites do, what would happen?
- 23/11/2011 10:53:33 PM
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Political Board = Chat Drama x 9000 *NM*
- 24/11/2011 12:13:58 AM
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I doubt that very much.
- 24/11/2011 01:17:07 AM
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Which is pretty much my point
- 24/11/2011 01:40:09 AM
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I remain unconvinced a few voices can drown out the rest in an internet environment.
- 25/11/2011 12:41:05 AM
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the problem with the chat drama is spilled over into everything else
- 28/11/2011 05:47:14 PM
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All the political crap would go there, like it does on those other sites.
- 24/11/2011 01:09:11 AM
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Perhaps some might feel more comfortable posting if it were separate?
- 24/11/2011 01:41:15 AM
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Probably the easiest solution is to have a filter instead, save the new board for a "Writers Board"
- 24/11/2011 06:47:33 AM
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Perhaps
- 24/11/2011 09:25:40 AM
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There are actually a number of simple and effective solutions if this really bugs people
- 24/11/2011 06:35:33 PM
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There is a reason we are seeing so much complaining about politics form certain people
- 28/11/2011 05:44:22 PM
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You're adorable. You're also pretty new to the site, as I recall.
- 29/11/2011 12:41:03 AM
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yes I was refering to you
- 29/11/2011 12:37:34 PM
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Then you should know there are fewer conservatives on the site now.
- 30/11/2011 03:41:10 AM
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That's arguably flawed reasoning, there's apparently considerably fewer posters overall now
- 30/11/2011 05:24:28 AM
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To a certain extent. But the site's left lost LiterateDog and Chorabliss.
- 30/11/2011 09:15:29 AM
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If people want to keep the place alive and interesting for themselves then they can do these things:
- 24/11/2011 08:51:11 AM
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The first is no option at all
- 24/11/2011 09:24:24 AM
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It wasn't aimed at you specifically.
- 24/11/2011 10:10:05 AM
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Writing past 3 AM is not going to lead to clear connections, sometimes
- 24/11/2011 10:22:34 AM
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Re: Writing past 3 AM is not going to lead to clear connections, sometimes
- 24/11/2011 11:15:31 PM
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there would be so little traffic on the community board that you could shut it down
- 28/11/2011 05:20:10 PM
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