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Subject: Locking ethnocentric threads in the flood.
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I'll begin by saying that I can't remember with any certainty if a similar policy is already in use, so if it is then everyone just carry on.

Anyway, one of the largest nuisances of the flood is the constant barrage of threads created solely to assert that a country or culture is better than another. No discussion of value ever comes from these threads and they almost always go down in flames. I assume these threads can already be locked under the pretense of the "play nice" doctrine, but I feel like it's enough of a problem that a renewed focus should be placed on these topics specifically.

So septagon, do you agree that these threads are detrimental to the flood and that a greater focus should be placed on them?

  • 08.10.2012 7:51 AM PDT

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  • 08.10.2012 8:00 AM PDT

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I agree completely. I remember a while ago, I was trying to find a thread from just five minutes ago that was already buried under a mass of anti-(various countries and such). Quite annoying. The problem is people assume that off topic means post whatever they want. Any rule limiting these kinds of threads would surely garner a lot of support. It could help to make the experience here that much better.

  • 08.10.2012 8:02 AM PDT

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I agree with you OP, but I'm afraid as long as they remain within the rules, there's nothing you can do, unless the rules change.

  • 08.10.2012 8:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: MasterSin
I agree with you OP, but I'm afraid as long as they remain within the rules, there's nothing you can do, unless the rules change.

Enforcing a rule that bans ethnocentric threads could just be lumped under play nice.

  • 08.10.2012 8:09 AM PDT

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If anything, they would be locked for political discussion and possible harassment of another user. With that in mind, it comes down to how the following posts within the thread play out, so it wouldn't ALWAYS be the right thing to up and lock these threads.

But let's just be honest, these threads are almost always obvious trolls, and it comes down to the fact that The Flood is just not mature enough to ignore such blatant hostility.

  • 08.10.2012 8:35 AM PDT
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Posted by: Alec9224
I'll begin by saying that I can't remember with any certainty if a similar policy is already in use, so if it is then everyone just carry on.

Anyway, one of the largest nuisances of the flood is the constant barrage of threads created solely to assert that a country or culture is better than another. No discussion of value ever comes from these threads and they almost always go down in flames. I assume these threads can already be locked under the pretense of the "play nice" doctrine,but I feel like it's enough of a problem that a renewed focus should be placed on these topics specifically.

So septagon, do you agree that these threads are detrimental to the flood and that a greater focus should be placed on them?
I don't see any problems. It's pretty much someone boasting about their country. And why they're proud of it. It doesn't bug me, hell, I barely even go into those kinds of threads.

  • 08.10.2012 9:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: Alec9224
No discussion of value ever comes from these threads
Disagreed.

  • 08.10.2012 10:41 AM PDT
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  • 08.10.2012 10:58 AM PDT
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Eh, I feel like there are bigger problems than some "ethnocentric" whippersnappers arguing.

  • 08.10.2012 11:02 AM PDT