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Rename the OT Lounge to the Politics Board, v2

Posted on 6/15/21 at 9:03 am
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13541 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 9:03 am
Seriously, half the threads on the main page right now should be over on the poliboard. Most of them are just insane gibberish rants about politics or just news articles about politics, so why not just shut down the OT and let the political psychos have another board to spam with nonsense?
Posted by Yak
DuPage County
Member since May 2014
4672 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 9:09 am to
Money board is my only hope for this website...going downhill fast
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
12382 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 9:15 am to
agree 100%...admins have let the inmates have control of the asylum...sad
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83583 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 9:55 am to
the problem is those are the only people that start threads these days

the OT is full of Facebook boomers these days, so the topics reflect that

I hate it and its incredibly boring to see the same topics over and over again, but it isn't going to change

I'm just choosing to focus on the other boards, but the traffic just isn't the same

which TBH, all the other boards are what effectively killed the OT
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
25455 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 10:08 am to
quote:

the problem is those are the only people that start threads these days

the OT is full of Facebook boomers these days, so the topics reflect that

I hate it and its incredibly boring to see the same topics over and over again, but it isn't going to change

I'm just choosing to focus on the other boards, but the traffic just isn't the same

which TBH, all the other boards are what effectively killed the OT


I'll step up baw. The OT needs a hero these days
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4353 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 12:53 pm to
Seriously.

There is a thread on the OT now called "Do you like Cultcha?" As if this question hasn't been answered in half of the threads for the past decade.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89884 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

There is a thread on the OT now called "Do you like Cultcha?"


Not anymore.
Posted by TigerLunatik
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jan 2005
93704 posts
Posted on 6/15/21 at 6:59 pm to
quote:

There is a thread on the OT now called "Do you like Cultcha?"


Not anymore.

Posted by gadknot
Reality
Member since Jul 2005
37306 posts
Posted on 6/17/21 at 9:23 am to
quote:

Rename the OT Lounge to the Politics Board, v2
Seriously, half the threads on the main page right now should be over on the poliboard. Most of them are just insane gibberish rants about politics or just news articles about politics, so why not just shut down the OT and let the political psychos have another board to spam with nonsense?


10000% support this
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79235 posts
Posted on 6/17/21 at 10:14 am to
Our culture is wrapped up in politics. See Pride, BLM, etc. They're inseparable.

I agree that overtly political stuff should be on Poli, but things that are relevant to everyday topics (education, national holidays, corporate PR campaigns, etc.) should stay on the OT.

The level of cultural/social/political discussion about these things is far, far better than on Poli.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
66446 posts
Posted on 6/18/21 at 12:22 am to
The OT Lounge has been gutted by all of the other boards. Do we really need a separate board for music, books, travel? Throw that shite back on the OT and also bring back religion threads. The meltdowns were awesome.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
58356 posts
Posted on 6/18/21 at 7:58 am to
quote:

The OT Lounge has been gutted by all of the other boards.


Exactly why I’m against any new boards, and was against the creation of the last 4 or 5. It’s left the OT to rot.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
155705 posts
Posted on 6/18/21 at 9:47 am to
Frat level
Weekend plans
Is it trashy


The snowflake trigger threads make me miss those days
Posted by gadknot
Reality
Member since Jul 2005
37306 posts
Posted on 6/18/21 at 9:51 am to
we need a Juneteenth board
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
11335 posts
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:13 am to
"if dumb biden and the demoncrats have their way you wont even be able to post topics on the OT!"



This post was edited on 6/24/21 at 12:56 pm
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57496 posts
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:44 am to
quote:

the OT is full of Facebook boomers these days, so the topics reflect that


It’s pretty exhausting and a big reason I don’t spend as much time on here as I used to. Every thread is the similar and has the same morons parroting the same lines. College kids don’t really do the whole message board thing like they did a decade ago so the board has been overrun by racist Facebook dads
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3016 posts
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:55 pm to
quote:

Seriously, half the threads on the main page right now should be over on the poliboard. Most of them are just insane gibberish rants about politics or just news articles about politics, so why not just shut down the OT and let the political psychos have another board to spam with nonsense?


Problem is the poliboard is heavily an ranty echo chamber, and it makes it hard to talk about actual politics there. There's a broader political spectrum on the OT. You'd probably get broader discussion on a topic regarding say political science or political history on the OT. Maybe a D-day is needed where every OT poster who doesn't buy into Q vows to venture to the poliboard and contribute with their political thoughts.

The Covid topics are probably correctly on the OT. The fact that every aspect of that is somehow rooted in political ideology is its own issue, separate from how a message board is managed.
Posted by RIPMachoMan
Member since Jun 2011
5943 posts
Posted on 6/24/21 at 1:09 am to
quote:

Problem is the poliboard is heavily an ranty echo chamber, and it makes it hard to talk about actual politics there. There's a broader political spectrum on the OT. You'd probably get broader discussion on a topic regarding say political science or political history on the OT. Maybe a D-day is needed where every OT poster who doesn't buy into Q vows to venture to the poliboard and contribute with their political thoughts.

The Covid topics are probably correctly on the OT. The fact that every aspect of that is somehow rooted in political ideology is its own issue, separate from how a message board is managed.




Boobs, cripple fights, and investigations belong on the OT. “Politics is injected into everything nowadays” is lazy and is Facebook-esque
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3016 posts
Posted on 6/24/21 at 1:13 am to
quote:

Boobs, cripple fights


Ok, that I can’t argue
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
21259 posts
Posted on 6/30/21 at 11:52 am to
So we trying to cancel the OT now???

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