34 sats \ 2 replies \ @Majjin 21 Jun 2022 \ on: Daily discussion thread
A lot of political discussions on SN lately. If there's going to subs, politics will definitely have to be one. The discussions will inevitably become cancerous. I'd rather have it quarantined to a sub or just banned outright.
There is a tool available to "sink" posts you don't like.
Upvote posts you do like, so that they rise above the posts you don't like.
A single user doesn't have that control. But it doesn't even take very many -- maybe just a handful of people with decent trust in the WoT and a sizable budget (of about half of a U.S. penny per post you want to upvote).
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Of course, and I do that already. If I see a comment or post that is not conducive to conversation or is just plain dumb, I go out of my way to upvote a sat to every other post on the same level.
What I am trying to say is that I'm worried that politics will begin to overrun SN rather than be a part of the general conversation. I like political posts, and I'll respond to them sometimes. I just don't want it to degrade the signal. A ban on non-Bitcoin political topics is one solution, but not a very good one. A politics sub or a personal filter feature are probably the best options if it becomes an issue.
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