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Speak up now: What should our community guidelines be?

Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @Ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics.... #politics

https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/164232

Speak up now: What should our community guidelines be? - Politics - kbin.social

Hello everyone! If you have not yet seen it, @ernest has handed over moderation to @Drusas @Entropywins @ Frog-Brawler (the tag system consistently messes up the link to FB's username lol) and myself here in !politics....

Jul 9, 2023 at 12:47pmWeb
Show threadfearoutJul 9, 2023
I’m with a lot of people here on opinion pieces. Those are often not even based on facts and rarely provide any actual valuable discussion. So those should be either monitored more closely to only let serious substantial opinions through, or simply barred from appearing here.
Show threadHandsHurtLoLJul 9, 2023

Other discussuons in this thread have highlighted reputable sources of content. This can include NYT opinions and news, but would never permit content from OANN.

I hope this addresses the concern about opinion/editorial content.

Show threadfearoutJul 9, 2023
It does, thanks. I have nothing against reputable sources. Just wanted to chime in about filtering/moderating that type of content in general.
Show threadHandsHurtLoLJul 9, 2023
I think we may need to stipulate and employ the use of badges (similar to submission flair from reddit) so that users can use kbin QoL userscripts to filter out content they don't want.
Show threadfearoutJul 9, 2023
Yeah, that sounds like a good idea too
Show threadArotriosJul 10, 2023
I would like to see a clear delineation between News articles and Opinion pieces, even if it's just as simple as asking folks to put News: or Opinion: in the thread title.
Show threadHandsHurtLoLJul 10, 2023
Yes, we are triangulating around this. Others have signaled a similar take, and I'm on board with it. We may add "badges" which are similar to post flair from reddit.
Show threadGrumpsJul 10, 2023
To add to this, opinion articles should indicate the author. The publisher of an op-ed is mostly irrelevant and I feel like a lot of political pundits get a free pass by hiding behind publication titles.