Is this a Linux site or a fancy political forum?

Is this a Linux site or a fancy gossip forum?

I'm not interested in what people are listening to, what color they dye their hair or what they think about the latest politicians' swindle (unless it may concern IT, maybe).
Staying with a topic is the virtue of good forum organisation.

Originally Posted by Linunix Is this a Linux site or a fancy gossip forum? I'm not interested in what people are listening to, what color they dye their hair or what they think about the latest politicians' swindle (unless it may concern IT, maybe). Staying with a topic is the virtue of good forum organisation.

It is what you make of it.

Don't feed trolls.

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Originally Posted by Linunix I'm not interested in ...

Goto the Edit Options page and press the End key to jump to the bottom.

There you will see Exclude Forums from "Get New Posts" and if you select "Non-*NIX Forums > General" you can hide threads made within this designated "non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics" section from apearing in the New/Latest posts lists.

Otherwise, if people are hijacking specific technical threads with off-topic discussion, use the "Report" option on the relevant post(s) to alert the section moderator.

Originally Posted by Linunix Is this a Linux site or a fancy gossip forum?

This is the LQ General Forum. Non-linux topics are fine here, including Linux topics, even politics. If you don't like politics then avoid those threads and start your own thing. Enjoy yourself.

Originally Posted by Linunix Is this a Linux site or a fancy gossip forum? I'm not interested in what people are listening to, what color they dye their hair or what they think about the latest politicians' swindle (unless it may concern IT, maybe). Staying with a topic is the virtue of good forum organisation.

No one is forcing you to read or participate in those topics. If you are not interested in them, then just scroll on past and be happy. Either that or find some other forum to participate in. Remember that everyone is here by choice.

I agree with the others. Just avoid those threads.

What annoys me is when this kind of thread occurs in the Slackware forum. I don't know if other distro-specific forums have the same problem, but I would be happier if people kept those forums for technical (or at least distro-specific) topics and put their political musings into General only.

I thought this WAS General. Did they post it first in Slackware?
I did not even notice if they did!

Originally Posted by wpeckham I thought this WAS General. Did they post it first in Slackware? I did not even notice if they did!

I wasn't talking about this thread. It's a more general beef. Look back through the Slackware Forum and you'll find a lot of stuff that isn't really relevant and should have gone in General.

There is, for example, a Faith and Religion Mega-Thread here which, at this writing, contains 11,860 posts. And, "always room for one more." It's very likely some kind of Internet record ...

In all forums other than this one, "politics" and other subjects are not discussed at all – or, are moved here. "General" is "the water cooler." If you think that something ought to be moved, don't reply to it. Just report it to the moderator team and move on. They will decide.

One of the "truly nice" things about this forum website is that it is "well-behaved." First and foremost, we are all here "to ask and [try to ...] answer 'Linux questions.'" We limit ourselves to just one place to "talk politics and other things," and even these remain civil. "Yay!"