What do you think the precipitating factors are?
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How come Woyano is so political these days?Rate this:
 
Published Thu 12 Jul 2007,
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What do you think the precipitating factors are?
JV
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1. There are a few politically outspoken individuals driving the content in this direction.
2. Politics is something people have very strong, deep rooted beliefs in. It's difficult not to talk about politics once the subject has been introduced.
3. Politics creates an even bigger stir than say, religion, as politics has immediate and practical implications in our daily lives. People are much more forgiving and tolerant about each others religious beliefs.
plus - the laws we are governed by effect peoples lives
and in this global community we now live in - they effect everyone in some way
There are some very left wing members and there are some right wing members - along with a surprising number of people like me - in-betweeners. One thing I can't help but find bogglingly stupid, is the number of people who blindly follow left or right, just because it's a left or right issue, point of view, dogma.
In-betweeners can quite happily support (or oppose) policies from either side, based on the policies' merit. However in-betweeners do not shout the loudest. An earlier post suggested that (s)he who shouts the loudest is the one that is listened to - and supporters of both sets of claptrap do just that - hence the percieved political 'bias' on the site.
It might be prudent to note at this point, that the wisest people in history, have been the quiet ones. The loud ones tend to be the ones that start fights (those, and the idiots of course :o) ).
Plus, without any new coin puzzles to work on, JV, what else are we geniuses to do? :D
many of my heroes who have stood up to challenge the norm, to challenge the status quo have not been quiet
and for that im thankful :)
When I think of quiet and wise I think of Ghandi and Jesus. If I allow a 'little' noise, I think of John Lennon.
Anyone who stands up to challenge the norm is going to have to be noisy. I wonder how quiet they were before they reached the point they needed to to be loud.
It bothers me, tho, since it often leads to name-calling and other denigrating comments. If too much continues, it will damage if not destroy Woyano _ and sometimes I wonder whether perhaps that's an intent, just to see if they can pull it off. It sometimes even seems that some have signed up under more than one name in order to post pseudo-support for foolish statements and expand the ridiculous arguments.
:(
i think that goes back to the point dr fallon made about it being about more about how many hits, posts etc, than quality
i think that goes back to the point dr fallon made about it being about more about how many hits, posts etc, than quality
well yes, but it seems a short-sighted policy to me whatever happens. And as earz says, it could destroy Woyano.
The current content is just back and forth arguments.
How many people, maybe very interesting people, with some really interesting stuff to talk about, have wandered in, and ran back out?
I am sure The Woyano Team have those figures. Probably the reason behind this thread I am sure!
Politics is like medication. The right dosage can prove to be helpful, but when overdosed, can have a reverse effect.
*Just a thought*
a) You cant use IP because lots of users may share the same IP. On AOL millions of users share the same IP.
b) Lots of users share the same machine. AKA Libraries & Internet cafes.
c) People can create new email addresses at will.
Ideally we would like each user to have only one account, and in an effort to ensure this we insist that each account has a unique email address - but as we all know it is possible to set up multiple email addresses.
Basically, we rely on the honesty of our users - and I think we are not alone in this - any community website is in exactly the same boat...
check out that link about people moving from myspace to facebook
interesting
man..i KNEW i lost my shiny thing!!!
I have two shiny things; my car, and my gigantic LCD TV. When they are in my presence, everything else is secondary. Am I shallow? *L* That's a rhetorical question btw.
Has woyano become more political? Not at all. The only difference is that the level of intelligence has decreased.
http://www.pcmag.com/arti...le2/0,1895,2000353,00.asp
In this instance, the goodies are in the responses, not so much in the column, but the column gives it context.
but i think you post common sense, fair stuff - hmmm how odd
pretty much everyone has control over their own woyano - and frankly that is a nice feature i for one appreciate :) (especially for those that just wish to harass)
as for just getting rid of someones post based on the fact they disagree with you and may even have a more informed position - well thats just censorship
Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)