Should political discussions be banned on AoS?

[Liberdade]

I think PFM suffers from a clique of high volume / low intelligence posters who clog the place with a mix of strident political views and conspiracy theories. AOS would be better off avoiding that, IMHO.

[YNWaN]

I would tend to agree - the ‘any other business’ section of pfm is best avoided for precisely the reasons you give. There also seem to be a number of contributors whose sole reason for membership appears to be to try to sway people’s political opinion - not through debate, but by misrepresented events.

[Pigmy Pony]

I'm worried that the next target will be the posters of inane, pointless crap. What will I have to talk about then? And don't say hifi - I know nothing about it. I don't even have a 'proper' hifi, just a Fidelity record player from the seventies, which I recently upgraded by blowing fluff off the needle.

[Macca]

In fairness that usually does give a big jump in sound quality.

[YNWaN]

In extra fairness, yes, I would be entirely in favour of binning (and/or banning) all discussion of pets, food, drink, holidays, pointless random words etc. I know I can just ignore this stuff, and I do, but that means I end up ignoring half the blooming forum!

[Marco]

I think PFM suffers from a clique of high volume / low intelligence posters who clog the place with a mix of strident political views and conspiracy theories. AOS would be better off avoiding that, IMHO.

Point noted, David, and you're entitled to your opinion, but I would rather not have derogatory remarks towards the content of other forums coming into this thread, particularly pfm, which runs harmoniously alongside AoS, and whose owner I have much respect for.

Marco.

[Marco]

In extra fairness, yes, I would be entirely in favour of binning (and/or banning) all discussion of pets, food, drink, holidays, pointless random words etc. I know I can just ignore this stuff, and I do, but that means I end up ignoring half the blooming forum!

I get that, Mark, but the stuff you've listed above, and the banter associated with it, which many of the regulars enjoy, is largely what makes AoS, AoS!

The fact is, you find out much more about what makes people 'tick', out with of hi-fi discussions, when talking about real life issues, and that adds to the 'human' aspect of the site and builds the forum community.

AoS is *so* much more than a bland, rather sober 'hi-fi bulletin board', and whether you enjoy it or not, the off-topic section, and the light-hearted meaningless bollox spouted there, is what gives this place, for some, a big part of its attraction and identity.

Marco.

[andyrlb]

So where do I buy the snake oil ?



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[Firebottle]

...and the light-hearted meaningless bollox spouted ..

Aaahh, is that what it's about

[Marco]

Yesh, and you love the frock talk, especially!

Marco.