Keep this conversation on the topic of the poll. It's NOT a gripefest about moderation or your opposing political team. The reason for this poll is to get membership feedback on a possible means to reduce the troll population. Let's be frank. BOTH sides are bitching about out of control trolls. That's a fact. Frustration levels are high.. That's NOT a USMB Moderation fault. It's the way the 2 tribes have polarized this country that is the problem.
All Zone2 and 3 rules are focused on TOPIC CONTROL. If you respect the topic -----
1) You'll hardly ever hear from moderation.
2) You're not trolling.
So if you want to REDUCE the troll population, folks need to up their up their "topical discussion" game. Currently, too many only use token references to the specific topic before they haul off and WHACK someone personally or go off onto a thread diverting rant. We could easily just change the requirement to be MOSTLY topical discussion.. That would spell doom for all trolls right there.
THINK before you vote. Every one would be focusing more on topical discussion, much less on trolling or personal flaming. So YOU are making a PERSONAL commitment with your vote.
This is NOT been discussed as a Staff Issue. There are NO PLANS to change the way we judge posts and content. So it's my neck hanging out asking the question...
Well, the giant elephant in the room is what is considered 'content' in the era of fake news and a bunch of parrots constantly babbling idiot 'talking points' from their favorite Pravda site. This may seem weird to Millennials, but Stormy Daniels and sniveling about whatever Democratic Underground directs the spammers to whine about isn't actually 'content', it's just trolling and rubbish, period. Everybody knows it, so why waste time 'debating' the 'merits' of silly rubbish? If that stuff counts, then just post Onion articles or James Comey and Cory Booker speeches all day every day. Those are at least funny.
If you want a site where only conservative views can be discussed, you're in the wrong place. "Content" isn't defined as only things you agree with.