05-06-2016, 04:03 PM
That is unlikely to happen without first turning the forum into an echo chamber. Such is the nature of forums where those of diverse political and social views come to discuss things be it recipes or politics. At best such behavior can be relegated to a location where it is not disruptive.
Bob's idea has merit. On my other forums I've had forums that I've called "the boiler room" or the "mud pit" or other similar names where people who insist on involving themselves in off topic, potentially disruptive, and flame-y threads can go and do their thing while the rest of the forum adheres to whatever standards have been set.
On one forum I manage related to an MMORPG game the mud pit has a thread where two people have been sniping and arguing at each other for two years right next to a word association game (which elsewhere would be spam and deleted).
Bob's idea has merit. On my other forums I've had forums that I've called "the boiler room" or the "mud pit" or other similar names where people who insist on involving themselves in off topic, potentially disruptive, and flame-y threads can go and do their thing while the rest of the forum adheres to whatever standards have been set.
On one forum I manage related to an MMORPG game the mud pit has a thread where two people have been sniping and arguing at each other for two years right next to a word association game (which elsewhere would be spam and deleted).
It really is all mathematics.
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