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I would appreciate an explanation, or perhaps a pointer toward some written criteria, reasoning, or guideline that dictates why certain topics authored by a user under the "Politics" section are subsequently moved into the Mad House.
The reason I ask is that, looking at many threads currently residing in the Mad House, it seems nearly impossible to discern why they aren't located in Politics instead...😕
To be more specific: my own thread, "Žarko Puhovski isn't a patriot!" (which I started yesterday), was also relocated to the Mad House today for reasons that remain opaque to both me and the participants. The opening post is civil and well-reasoned, and the ensuing discussion has been perfectly respectful—there haven't even been any warnings issued yet, and if someone were to slip up, it certainly wouldn't be the first time such an occurrence happened in a "serious" section... so, why the move?
And more broadly speaking: what exactly constitutes the Mad House? Is it truly a subforum where the majority of users choose to direct their own posts, or is it rather a sort of "overflow" area—or perhaps a "dumping ground"—where moderators relocate content they deem "unsuitable" for the primary "Politics" board?
If the Mad House is largely comprised of threads placed there by moderators rather than the users themselves, then there appears to be a fundamental flaw in the concept. It stands to reason that a user, rather than the site administration, should determine which board their post belongs on (unless, of course, they have completely missed the mark regarding the topic's relevance).
Regarding this entire situation, I suspect some confusion arises from the absence of a dedicated "Society" board that might serve as a bridge to Politics. Such a space would be ideal for contemporary social issues that carry a broader political weight without being directly tied to specific political parties or immediate partisan events... My thread about Žarko Puhovski falls precisely into that category, for instance.
(The existing Society board feels like something else entirely, and I am not even convinced its current title is particularly apt...)
As I recall, the Mad House used to function somewhat like a "buffer zone" between the acceptable standard of discourse found in Politics and the content that is strictly prohibited.
Today, that doesn't seem to be the case.
But the issue remains that it is not at all clear how things work now or what the Mad House actually represents in the current landscape. 🤷
The reason I ask is that, looking at many threads currently residing in the Mad House, it seems nearly impossible to discern why they aren't located in Politics instead...😕
To be more specific: my own thread, "Žarko Puhovski isn't a patriot!" (which I started yesterday), was also relocated to the Mad House today for reasons that remain opaque to both me and the participants. The opening post is civil and well-reasoned, and the ensuing discussion has been perfectly respectful—there haven't even been any warnings issued yet, and if someone were to slip up, it certainly wouldn't be the first time such an occurrence happened in a "serious" section... so, why the move?
And more broadly speaking: what exactly constitutes the Mad House? Is it truly a subforum where the majority of users choose to direct their own posts, or is it rather a sort of "overflow" area—or perhaps a "dumping ground"—where moderators relocate content they deem "unsuitable" for the primary "Politics" board?
If the Mad House is largely comprised of threads placed there by moderators rather than the users themselves, then there appears to be a fundamental flaw in the concept. It stands to reason that a user, rather than the site administration, should determine which board their post belongs on (unless, of course, they have completely missed the mark regarding the topic's relevance).
Regarding this entire situation, I suspect some confusion arises from the absence of a dedicated "Society" board that might serve as a bridge to Politics. Such a space would be ideal for contemporary social issues that carry a broader political weight without being directly tied to specific political parties or immediate partisan events... My thread about Žarko Puhovski falls precisely into that category, for instance.
(The existing Society board feels like something else entirely, and I am not even convinced its current title is particularly apt...)
As I recall, the Mad House used to function somewhat like a "buffer zone" between the acceptable standard of discourse found in Politics and the content that is strictly prohibited.
Today, that doesn't seem to be the case.
But the issue remains that it is not at all clear how things work now or what the Mad House actually represents in the current landscape. 🤷