We're seeing an uptick in people randomly throwing out political bullshit in threads in the Lounge. Don't. Report people who do. They'll get booted from the thread for a first offense and more than that if they continue.
The end.
(Oct 2020 update)
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
It's safe to say thread bans aren't working, at least for the handful of people who simply can't keep politics out of any given conversation.
Due to continued reported posts and general frustrations around inserting politics into absolutely everything, and idea came up to restrict people to DC, much like the Romper Room.
So, everyone gets three thread bans as warnings, and after that will get a vacation in DC (the other forums will be view only). The thread bans and DC vacations will be posted in the transparency thread.
Just like several other rules, there's of course gray area and it doesn't really matter where the line is drawn, because those who can keep politics out of the Lounge will never come close to the line and those who can't will insist on running right up to it.
Generally speaking, we're talking about political opinions or blatantly inserting politics into a thread that isn't even a little bit on topic, or otherwise leaking DC BS into the Lounge or other forums.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Trust me, it wasn't an easy decision. There wasn't really a great answer.
I know, I was around, added my two cents and voted (all to no a avail) on the issue.
Like I said, we ultimately end up where are now. I just don’t think we hit it before 2020 (because it has been a growing issue) if we don’t segregate. But we’ll never know for certain.
Originally Posted by patteeu:
I told that part of the story already. But in no way was CP conceived as a forum that segregates politics from football and other topics.
Things change. Especially when people can't control themselves.
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
I used to post in DC and on very rare occasions I might drop in so I think it has some value.
What I longed believed in though is those non-Chief fans that don't participate in the Lounge should be perma-banned or make DC read only for them. Doesn't matter what side of the political aisle they are on, they are here to troll and provide zero value.
I think you would see a change in tone\vitriol once that happens IMHO.
Just my .02 cents.
We have quite a few non-Chiefs fans who are valuable contributors. We’ve always welcomed fans from other teams here if they follow the rules.
Originally Posted by patteeu:
Do we have some rule against lurking? Why is it a problem that some members only post in DC? Those people obviously aren’t the ones cause the politics in the Lounge problem.
I see your point but my suspicions are most of those DC posters are mults of lounge posters.
