Everyone here knows that NPR is the place that political discussion takes place. They know this by clicking on the NEW link and they see the titles.
I don't see any increase in people coming over from the rest of the site because they know that political discussion is allowed there.
I don't believe for one moment that making a political section is going to do more than just kill NPR.
What would help NPR is if people with positive things to post would join in with their thick skin and post about something wonderful in the world.
As far as the political stuff that happens outside of NPR what do you want management to do? Really spank every comment that falls outside of what the few think they should?
Practice a little forgiveness and realize we are country divided right now.
In closing I don't agree with your assessment unless you think creating a political forum would fix the division in the country.
I don't see any increase in people coming over from the rest of the site because they know that political discussion is allowed there.
I don't believe for one moment that making a political section is going to do more than just kill NPR.
What would help NPR is if people with positive things to post would join in with their thick skin and post about something wonderful in the world.
As far as the political stuff that happens outside of NPR what do you want management to do? Really spank every comment that falls outside of what the few think they should?
Practice a little forgiveness and realize we are country divided right now.
In closing I don't agree with your assessment unless you think creating a political forum would fix the division in the country.
I have recently sent a PM to Mike regarding something else, depending on the outcome of that I will consider pushing a political forum.
I just think there is WAY too much political stuff that happens outside of NPR and I also think people shy away from this forum because of that. If there was a political forum you could easily have a zero tolerance rule on politics outside that forum while STILL having an NPR forum where others can talk about fishing without having to deal with the political stuff. It really does get tiring and honestly, I've been a member of MANY forums over the last 15 years and I seriously think this place is the worse (other than Pirate4x4 - maybe) when it comes to nastiness between the different political views. If there was a political forum you could simply lock it and only let members in if they agree to the terms of that forum. I truly think that would change the atmosphere around here.