Subj : Re: To All ( PoliticsNet )
To   : Vk3jed
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Mar 27 2022 12:06 am

 Vk> I'm more a "bring the network to me" person, I tend to forget to do many
 Vk> logins (one of several reasons why web forums are a failure for me). 
 Vk> However, a politics network hosted by a dedicated political BBS might be
 Vk> a way out.  Keep it simple, use QWK networking for those of us who do
 Vk> decide to take a feed.  I'm in two minds, if it's well done it might be
 Vk> interesting, especially if it discusses politics, rather than becomes a
 Vk> forum for pushing beliefs.
 Vk> 

From the political discussion I am trying to have on another network, I do not hold much hope of anything good coming from it.  I kind of regret engaging in that discussion alone.  We only have a few BBS users, and, well, you'll get lots of namecalling and assumptions and not much else.

At least of the discussion is on a BBS dedicated to it, the users can be "curated" and those who just think political discussion is accusing people of being "facists" and "liberals" can be booted off.  Creating a public 'net' has a moral hazard here, because you are inviting discussion, and it becomes harder to justify kicking off the malcontents.  If it is just on your own private BBS, it is less like censorship.

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