Pleasant Politics

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Politics without the jerks.

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Dislike both candidates? Thinking of sitting this election out? Consider this... (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 2 months ago by auk to c/pleasantpolitics

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I sat out the 1972 election between Nixon and Humphrey. Many sat out 2000 and 2016 elections. Here are the consequences.

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[–] Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dang.

I just ran across this community, and I'm disappointed.

This comment is straightforward, on topic, and pleasant, but is sitting here in the negative.

Looks like the point of the place is being ignored.

[–] auk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This comment was deleted, but it shouldn't have been. The code to aggressively delete comments from users who don't have enough data to rank them, meaning potentially throwaway accounts, was malfunctioning, and deleted everything from any accounts without recent activity. It's only supposed to trigger if that user has some downvotes, but it was deleting anything.

I've fixed the code and restored the comment.

And yes, I'm aware of the irony involved. To answer your point, I picked a terrible name for this community. People are not required to upvote you or agree with you, or even be nice to you. It's meant as a place without toxic low-effort trolling, but certainly people are allowed to hit the downvote button to quickly express disapproval in addition to giving some more well-considered reasons for disagreeing with the stated argument.

What I was going for, unsuccessfully, by saying "pleasant" was that this person can say something like this viewpoint, and other people can disagree with them, but it doesn't turn into a dumpster fire of personal insults, changes of subject, and wild accusations. At that, I think it's succeeding, looking at this thread. People are not agreeing but it's a lot calmer than an equivalent thread in a lot of Lemmy's politics communities would be.

[–] Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Ah, I see. Makes a kind of sense as to why there's less nasty insults, but still insults. In that regard, maybe the name is a benefit. If people think civility is mandatory, they'll think a bit more before slinging mud, or at least do so subtly.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Eh, I don't sweat votes most of the time, but I agree with you. It shouldn't be a dislike/disagree button at all on a C/ like this. Defeats the entire purpose.

It's nothing I'd complain about for myself, but it would be offputting to anyone that does care about votes, or just wants to have varied discussions in a grossly friendly environment without getting buried by being disagreed with.