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I really think something should be done about threads which focus on political/ religious issues. Such threads are becoming quite regular with the same shitty theories everytime.

It's not doing any good to the community. Due to such threads, I myself now have identified quite a few ppl as hindus or muslims. To allow such propaganda on a technical site where only knowledge and interest in things technical is definitely very wrong.

I don't want to jump into all thoses thread rebutting the same arguments with the same answers (right or wrong) every time. And not to rebut would mean that the original poster is right to new or young ppl who are anyways susceptible to such propaganda in the real world.

Please let us keep TE a community of ppl with the same interests. Let all members keep their animosity/ religious beliefs in their own home.

Mods are requested to be really harsh on such things. In fact, such threads should be deleted instead of being locked.
 
+1, flaming has become quite common. Each time there is a political thread, members start flaming each other instead of keeping the discussion civil.
 
hmmm....I would say I dont agree to the point of being harsh and deleting the thread etc. I do read them but i certainly refrain from posting in such threads. I guess others who are uncomfortable should do so as well......
 
^^^Civil ppl will mostly stay away from such threads but like I pointed out, if nobody puts opposing views, it would seem that the hard line thoughts of the poster are generally accepted on TE.

At a time like this, when communal insensitivity is on the rise, I still think it's best we keep TE out of such topics.
 
+1 Such threads should be deleted . All political threads goes into religion then in a flame war and eventually end up being locked . People have their opinion and are free to express it but this is not the place for it . I myself refrain from posting in such threads even though lot of BS is posted and that doesn't have to mean the poster is always right .
 
Yes, our stand on such threads is to clamp down ASAP.

However of late I've noticed the issue is more with the (initially) harmless threads related to general Indian matters that somehow end up spiralling into hate fests. There's no way to predict the outcome of such threads, and we would like to encourage civil/rational discussion. Since a few mods like myself usually skip such threads, its best to report such threads whenever it goes off course, so we can have a look and step in :)
 
Naga said:
I really think something should be done about threads which focus on political/ religious issues. Such threads are becoming quite regular with the same shitty theories everytime.

It's not doing any good to the community. Due to such threads, I myself now have identified quite a few ppl as hindus or muslims. To allow such propaganda on a technical site where only knowledge and interest in things technical is definitely very wrong.

I don't want to jump into all thoses thread rebutting the same arguments with the same answers (right or wrong) every time. And not to rebut would mean that the original poster is right to new or young ppl who are anyways susceptible to such propaganda in the real world.

Please let us keep TE a community of ppl with the same interests. Let all members keep their animosity/ religious beliefs in their own home.

Mods are requested to be really harsh on such things. In fact, such threads should be deleted instead of being locked.
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+1 to that !
 
Delete on sight :gun2:
and mods need to be a little more active as far as religious, race, culture, political crap in other threads is concerned.
 
US politics can b discussed but not indian politics....hmmm...as they say..u can run ..but not hide from Indian politics...lol.
 
anything could be discussed, as long as it is done properly. If they continue to degenerate into flamewars, then its better not discussed at all. Besides, a religious flamewar is not as relevant to a tech site , as say a windows/linux/mac flamewar or ati vs nvidia flamewar :P
 
I think the current system is about right, if it degenerates then the threat of a lock is there. Otherwise talking i feel helps matters more as there is the chance of hearing both sides of the issue, from ppl that actually live in the areas concerned.

Take for example Modi's election win, i had no idea how much support there was for him, clearly ppl voted with their wallets there. That does not make them wrong but in a small forum like this nearly all the ppl from Gujarat were behind him. Last i checked TE is not a radical site, its fairly centre swinging left or right depending on the issue, so that puts the win into better light than if you were to hear from it only in the media.

Failing which i'd be grateful if some could recommend a politcs forum where it might be more approporate to discuss such matters.
 
I don't think deleting these threads is the only solution... People needs to be warned for spreading their propaganda here... Users with skewed ideology exploit the platform for alienating people all around..

This is not a political arena... but used as such without any open mind.. targeting a particular religion/ community... Nobody wants to keeps it civilized. So a public warning is a must to discourage their hate…

A tech forum is no place for political debate when one is hell-bent on narrow minded ideas…. There are numerous hate sites one can go & vent out his/her vested hate…

Keep it clean if you don't want to learn...
 
Does deleting on site does anything good in the first place? There was a time that there couple of comments which came on 2 different thread here at the same time against religion and I seriously didnt like it. But I really hated when the deleted point wasnt clarified and it was just deleted directly. What's the point of deleting a thread or a post (locking for that matter) when once damage is done? Its because of this I decided to visit pretty few times in techenclave and now I am helping other forums to pick up their technical knowledge and give better advices.
 
Minimum post count striction required for starting thread in the general talk section. We can judge people in 100 posts, ban or infraction if found spreading their propaganda here.
 
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Minimum post count striction required for starting thread in the general talk section. We can judge people in 100 posts, ban or infraction if found spreading their propaganda here.
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lol, TE would be getting closer to a police state if that was implemented. Keep it simple, allow a topic to be created and close\delete if it gets out of hand. It's the only fair way to do it.
 
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Does deleting on site does anything good in the first place? There was a time that there couple of comments which came on 2 different thread here at the same time against religion and I seriously didnt like it. But I really hated when the deleted point wasnt clarified and it was just deleted directly. What's the point of deleting a thread or a post (locking for that matter) when once damage is done? Its because of this I decided to visit pretty few times in techenclave and now I am helping other forums to pick up their technical knowledge and give better advices.
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Okay, firstly what everyone *should* understand is that,

its impossible to please everyone!

but we at TE value everyone's opinions and still try!

If you have an issue, report it or PM one of the mods.



The warning against religious propaganda in Gen Talk was put up *specifically* after your complaint, yet you seem to be walking around with this sad attitude?

And i'm really really confused about the part highlighted in bold. What were/are you looking for?

Yes, deleting a post later is damage control. Wouldn't leaving the post, simply create the possibility that even more could be offended?

- Lets say we close General Talk; all these religious thread issues are solved right?

Yep, until of course the other half come shouting about excessive censorship.

- We could close Market, and no more of those threads grumbling about the people who sign up and post only in the market.

What about the other half who would rather these people stick to the market than come post in the tech sections pretending to having Ph.D's in Computer science?

Its really easy to crib, but much more difficult to come up with a 'universal' solution.

Keeping it universal is very very difficult. And I personally think the mods do their best to keep it balanced.

Work with the mods and deliver your input, but consider both sides of the coin! :)
 
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