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.. with the complaint that politics has taken over this forum, and the subsequent fall out for the admins to deal with the upset over politics, should it be banned on here?
I think if it was a lot more supporters would engage with it and there would be a lot more actual football being discussed. Political forums exist elsewhere, what is the drive to use this as a political forum?
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned?
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:26 - Feb 19 by 26_Paz
I enjoy laughing at those brainwashed by the cult of the Dear Leader far too much.
While I take the point that a few topical and general issues are fine, the fact the politics stuff has now taken over the forum and that's not it's purpose. We're here to talk about Ipswich Town, Tories, Labour, Liberals, Remainers and whatnot have other forums to communicate their views to.
It's also potentially a bigger issue in that we don't know who is saying what on here and they could have a particular vested interest in a campaign - for example an Labour Party Council candidate could be on here slagging Suffolk County Council and spreading muck, we wouldn't even know who it was or how true it was but it could influence the vote.
If you don't want to read the political posts, don't click on them, simple as that. Personally I like seeing political posts on this forum, and other very different forums as it gives a more rounded view of perspectives than, say, the Guardian, Times or Mail site alone ever would.
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Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:39 - Feb 19 with 4981 views
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:31 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
While I take the point that a few topical and general issues are fine, the fact the politics stuff has now taken over the forum and that's not it's purpose. We're here to talk about Ipswich Town, Tories, Labour, Liberals, Remainers and whatnot have other forums to communicate their views to.
It's also potentially a bigger issue in that we don't know who is saying what on here and they could have a particular vested interest in a campaign - for example an Labour Party Council candidate could be on here slagging Suffolk County Council and spreading muck, we wouldn't even know who it was or how true it was but it could influence the vote.
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If you start with the premise that virtually everything posted on here is b-llocks you won't be far wrong.
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Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:41 - Feb 19 with 4970 views
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:34 - Feb 19 by CaptainAhab
If you don't want to read the political posts, don't click on them, simple as that. Personally I like seeing political posts on this forum, and other very different forums as it gives a more rounded view of perspectives than, say, the Guardian, Times or Mail site alone ever would.
I have no interest in politics at all, and as you say, I very rarely, if ever click on them as I know it's always the same usual suspects arguing.
That said, would it not be worth having its own section? (like the football and general posts section do)
It's a social media site for Ipswich Town fans (if it wasn't originally, it has become so). Those fans have a wide range of interests outside just the football. There is a filter for those who just want football stuff.
I wouldn't leave, but the forum would definitely lose something if politics and other stuff were banned.
I dip in and out of the politics threads but like them generally - if I don't I don't read them.
I think I post more on here about football than anything else, but think the board would lose something without the wide array of subjects.
Also, what is happening now will probably the biggest political moment in the majority of our lives - it's no surprise that the volume of politics posts is increasing - most of the politics posters do post about football too, even GB and Zed seem to be the most dedicated politics posters.
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:49 - Feb 19 by WeWereZombies
I would just find a way to disguise the politics under the football blether. Quite a similarity between Delia's approach and May's, wouldn't you say?
Fun new topic diversion (and that's another factor in this - threads very often simply do a natural sidetrack from one theme to another, same as convos in pubs do - you wouldn't ban pub chat for turning from discussing a football club into discussion of local politics and thereby into national politics, would you?) -
"Things Theresa May & Delia Smith have in common ..."
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:34 - Feb 19 by CaptainAhab
If you don't want to read the political posts, don't click on them, simple as that. Personally I like seeing political posts on this forum, and other very different forums as it gives a more rounded view of perspectives than, say, the Guardian, Times or Mail site alone ever would.
I think it says more than you will leave if the politics were taken away.
If the Labour Party forum was full of football threads, they'd take it off there, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that this forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off.
People are sick of seeing it, why can't you make those points elsewhere or under your actual names on social media and such?
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:58 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
I think it says more than you will leave if the politics were taken away.
If the Labour Party forum was full of football threads, they'd take it off there, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that this forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off.
People are sick of seeing it, why can't you make those points elsewhere or under your actual names on social media and such?
TWTD basically earns its living from volume of posts, so it would be a huge own goal if they were to ban political posts.
2people are sick of seeing it" How many people? Why are they not protesting? Probably because they have learned to not open the non-football threads.
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Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 11:05 - Feb 19 with 4782 views
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:58 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
I think it says more than you will leave if the politics were taken away.
If the Labour Party forum was full of football threads, they'd take it off there, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that this forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off.
People are sick of seeing it, why can't you make those points elsewhere or under your actual names on social media and such?
What a load of rubbish - politics happens seven days a week, football matches for our club happen once or twice a week. Have you never seen how the political threads pretty much disappear from p1 on matchdays and on the last day of transfer windows etc?
As for this "forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off." that's complete nonsense too - the TWTD forum's evolved into what it has become now over 25 years, and has clearly grown in popularity over that timespan (maybe Gav has some stats?)
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:58 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
I think it says more than you will leave if the politics were taken away.
If the Labour Party forum was full of football threads, they'd take it off there, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that this forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off.
People are sick of seeing it, why can't you make those points elsewhere or under your actual names on social media and such?
You don't have to read something just because it has been posted on TWTD. You do have some control of your life, see Gav's post.
As a point of order shouldn't this be a general rather than football post?
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:58 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
I think it says more than you will leave if the politics were taken away.
If the Labour Party forum was full of football threads, they'd take it off there, but it's becoming increasingly apparent that this forum is becoming less and less about football and it will ultimately kill it off.
People are sick of seeing it, why can't you make those points elsewhere or under your actual names on social media and such?
The first time I looked at TWTD, well over fifteen years ago, a couple of posters were running a skit about the Manic Street Preachers missing Ritchie Edwards. There used to be a lot more lust and hooliganism talked about then. This site has never solely been dedicated to football (hence the 'general' button for threads, and that is monitored).
As with most social media, to survive TWTD has had to be careful not to give 'airtime' to views that offend and that in itself is political. If a post annoys you, and you can articulate why, then would it not be better to respond pointing out the error of their ways to the poster?
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 10:31 - Feb 19 by LeagueOne
While I take the point that a few topical and general issues are fine, the fact the politics stuff has now taken over the forum and that's not it's purpose. We're here to talk about Ipswich Town, Tories, Labour, Liberals, Remainers and whatnot have other forums to communicate their views to.
It's also potentially a bigger issue in that we don't know who is saying what on here and they could have a particular vested interest in a campaign - for example an Labour Party Council candidate could be on here slagging Suffolk County Council and spreading muck, we wouldn't even know who it was or how true it was but it could influence the vote.
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"...that's not it's [sic] purpose."
Says who? Unless you're a returned poster under a new name you've not been using the forum more than 5 minutes and you're trying to say how it should be run.
How difficult can it be to use the filter? It literally blanks out all non-football posts.
It's almost as though it was put there deliberately.
It wouldn't be anywhere near as much of a problem if people used the football forum for football related stuff. That's the only forum I think should be present, to be honest. Ban everything BUT football, there are other websites much more suited to other discussions.
But the current state where you keep seeing Corbyn in the football thread.... Anyone would think we were playing him on our left wing
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Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 11:16 - Feb 19 with 4687 views
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 11:13 - Feb 19 by SamWhiteUK
It wouldn't be anywhere near as much of a problem if people used the football forum for football related stuff. That's the only forum I think should be present, to be honest. Ban everything BUT football, there are other websites much more suited to other discussions.
But the current state where you keep seeing Corbyn in the football thread.... Anyone would think we were playing him on our left wing
But he is turning out to be quite the authoritarian, isn't he? I think Corbyn would be more effective on the right wing.
Would you leave TWTD if political threads were banned? on 11:13 - Feb 19 by SamWhiteUK
It wouldn't be anywhere near as much of a problem if people used the football forum for football related stuff. That's the only forum I think should be present, to be honest. Ban everything BUT football, there are other websites much more suited to other discussions.
But the current state where you keep seeing Corbyn in the football thread.... Anyone would think we were playing him on our left wing
Definitely wouldnt play Corbyn, he has absolutely no end product!! No delivery whatsoever.
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