I always like what you have to say, any feedback is much appreciated.
In the months past I've spoken with Mona and Carol more than once about re-opening the news and current events forum.
Current events / news etc.
is allowed on the Back Porch, always has been, what is not allowed here in a nut shell are the posts from people who can't state their opinion without attacking the other persons opinion.
Like you said Sonya, most issues do have a political theme. Trouble was back then if the topic wasn't political it was soon made to be and only the worst stories that were or could be made political were posted.
If you've been here long enough, and most of you have been, then you know it got UGLY. Arguing and ganging up on each other doesn't belong on a community board that is supposed to be for everyone to discuss almost anything. This is why those conversations were moved to their own forum.
I had hoped that the older members who like to talk about the heavier issues in the news today would discuss and debate amongst themselves and be able to somewhat moderate themselves....we're grown ups we should be able to do that, but that didn't happen. One of the mistakes I made was not setting a post limit on the members hierarchy, too many people signed up for duplicate accounts to post as new members and when people post basically anonymously then they tend to say things they wouldn't have with their real name. It got pretty bad before the news forum was shut down, the moderators simply couldn't deal with it. I had more complaints than I could keep up with.
We all should be able to state our opinion here about what's going on in the World today I do agree and would love to see it happen. I am open to ideas.