This year has brought a huge challenge with moderating forum threads where we see a crossover of Disney and politics - especially with regard to the reopening of the parks and specifically Disneyland.
We do have a dedicated board for political discussion, which can be found at Politics and Social Issues. However, it has become apparent that we need to be able to designate some threads inside other sections of the forum that may contain political discussion in relation to the subject matter.
The Disneyland board in particular has several threads that are clearly based on Disneyland, but by their very nature contain a fair amount of political discussion. Rather than move those threads to the politics board, and respecting that they do contain valid information relating to Disneyland, they will now be allowed to stay.
You will now see that some threads will contain a 'Politics' prefix (as shown below in the screenshot). This tells you two things:
We do have a dedicated board for political discussion, which can be found at Politics and Social Issues. However, it has become apparent that we need to be able to designate some threads inside other sections of the forum that may contain political discussion in relation to the subject matter.
The Disneyland board in particular has several threads that are clearly based on Disneyland, but by their very nature contain a fair amount of political discussion. Rather than move those threads to the politics board, and respecting that they do contain valid information relating to Disneyland, they will now be allowed to stay.
You will now see that some threads will contain a 'Politics' prefix (as shown below in the screenshot). This tells you two things:
- Political discussion is allowed in that thread in relation to the original subject. This does not mean it is a political free-for-all, but political comments in relation to the subject hand will be allowed. Off-topic political talk will be deleted.
- For visitors who wish to avoid political discussion, threads will now be easier to ignore/avoid.