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We want your thoughts on keeping politically controversial posts in !politics (self.newzealand)
submitted 1 year ago by RaoulDuke to c/newzealand
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Based on feedback from this post, we're going to trial pushing for more politically controversial posts to go in !politics instead of !newzealand.

We're interested in seeing where users think the line is. Which of these recent posts do you think belong in !politics?

  1. Frustration mounting as high school teacher strikes roll on - 1News
  2. All Whites game abandoned after alleged racial abuse - RNZ
  3. ‘Random’ group of Kiwis caught protesters who lit Parliament fires - 1News
  4. Teacher struck off after refusing to use student’s pronouns - 1News
  5. New additional ETS scheme floated in review of carbon market - RNZ
  6. Migrant workers being exploited, Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau says - RNZ
  7. Operation Pakari: More arrests of people linked to Mongrel Mob, 85 charges laid - RNZ
  8. Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations - NZ Herald
  9. This RNZ story is probably more complicated than first thought - Stuff
  10. Teacher struck off after refusing to use student’s pronouns - 1News

We're not able to move posts to another community at the moment, but we're thinking of locking posts that should be in !politics and asking the OP to cross-post them there. Do you think this is the best approach?

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[–] RaoulDuke 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

their relationship to the government is not central to the article.

This is a good place to draw the line, in my opinion. I mean, what is "central" might be up for debate. But it's still a good guide. I'd categorise the articles the same as you.

And I think we leave it as a recommendation unless something seems obviously out of place at the moment.

(I just realised I didn't actually submit this comment last night)

[–] Dave 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe we could write a post to help people decide which community to put an article in, but not be too strict on enforcing it?

[–] RaoulDuke 2 points 1 year ago

I think this is the best option. We've had the full range of answers, from none of them are political to all of them are, and everything in between. And I don't think there's much appetite for locking posts, etc. at this stage.