[Meta] Could we consider avoiding US election questions in this community? - eviltoast

Hello everyone,

This community regularly gets questions about the US elections.

This is an important topic, but if there is something that does not lack on Lemmy, it’s communities to discuss about politics:

And many others: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=politics

I am personally subscribed to this community to learn general things (the question about the viking funeral legal aspect is a good example), and US elections questions seems to always bring more political debate than knowledge sharing.

What do you all think?

See you in the comments.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    2 months ago

    I’m kinda torn.

    On one hand, I actually fucking despise politics in non politically focused communities. It’s a personal peeve.

    But. This is one of the types of general communities where it’s not disruptive when the questions are in good faith. The reddit sub was prone to bad faith political posts. This one, so far, hasn’t been. The ones I’ve seen have mostly been genuine questions with few attempts to beat a drum. I’ve even engaged on a few, and I usually avoid politics outside of dedicated spaces.

    But damn, I do get tired of the glut of them everywhere as the election gets closer and closer. So if the mods here temporarily banned it, I would not object.