(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 29 2022, @03:40AM
by Anonymous Coward
on Sunday May 29 2022, @03:40AM (#1248681)
I partially disagree with you. There are worthwhile journals. There are a few people who post tech-related journals about things that don't make it to the front page. Look at some of hubie's journals, for example. They would go completely unnoticed were it not for the recent journals box. I like giving visibility to tech-related discussion and other interesting topics that would never make it to the front page.
The problem is that some people love to post divisive political crap, and those journals tend to get the most comments. One user, in particular, is particularly prolific. However, others do post divisive political journals with some regularity. I would prefer that these journals not be posted because their purpose seems to be to piss people off instead of having a genuine discussion about issues. That said, I'm not entirely sure that having a genuine discussion about the issues is possible in today's political climate. However, I do remember there were plenty of political journals on Slashdot when the feature was introduced, and that the discussion was civil. I distinctly remember debating the Iraq War with people in those journals and the discussions being respectful. However, I do believe that the divisive nature of those journals is detrimental to the overall health of the site, and that those arguments tend to spill over into other discussions here and have caused users to leave the site.
I would love to see the journals get cleaned up and to have the divisive political crap go away. However, I don't know how to implement this. I don't think the solution is to get rid of the recent journals box entirely. Besides, we do have some influence on what goes in that box. We can post tech-related journals and other interesting content that isn't political at all. At a minimum, it will take up a space that might otherwise go to political crap.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 29 2022, @03:40AM
I partially disagree with you. There are worthwhile journals. There are a few people who post tech-related journals about things that don't make it to the front page. Look at some of hubie's journals, for example. They would go completely unnoticed were it not for the recent journals box. I like giving visibility to tech-related discussion and other interesting topics that would never make it to the front page.
The problem is that some people love to post divisive political crap, and those journals tend to get the most comments. One user, in particular, is particularly prolific. However, others do post divisive political journals with some regularity. I would prefer that these journals not be posted because their purpose seems to be to piss people off instead of having a genuine discussion about issues. That said, I'm not entirely sure that having a genuine discussion about the issues is possible in today's political climate. However, I do remember there were plenty of political journals on Slashdot when the feature was introduced, and that the discussion was civil. I distinctly remember debating the Iraq War with people in those journals and the discussions being respectful. However, I do believe that the divisive nature of those journals is detrimental to the overall health of the site, and that those arguments tend to spill over into other discussions here and have caused users to leave the site.
I would love to see the journals get cleaned up and to have the divisive political crap go away. However, I don't know how to implement this. I don't think the solution is to get rid of the recent journals box entirely. Besides, we do have some influence on what goes in that box. We can post tech-related journals and other interesting content that isn't political at all. At a minimum, it will take up a space that might otherwise go to political crap.