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?

  • @RaoulDukeOPMEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I agree with all of this. Just to add a couple of things:

    Because of some people’s feelings having about politics in !newzealand, I wouldn’t be keen to see posts that are clearly about politics cross-posted from !politics into !newzealand. Those who want to see politics can join the community. But I really don’t want to disable cross-posting unless it becomes a clear problem. Sometimes it will make sense to cross-post, and I only want to introduce rules where we really need them. Cross-posting is also useful to help people other find communities they’re interested in, especially across different instances.

    The other thing I want to say is that there are very few of us moderators here, and if they’re anything like me, they’re already spending more time on it than they should. I’m really hoping we don’t need to be reviewing the contents of links and that people will generally post things where they belong. We’re going to be adding more guidance about that soon. I’m happy to trust the community at the moment. People seem pretty onto it here.