Will this forum remain Politics-free?

[theshadowknows]

There is some truth to this. The problem with the CT boards in 2024 IMHO is not that people also discuss politics on them but that they've become a target for rampant political trolling. Its one thing to have a civil debate and another entirely to just sit there mudslinging at each other with no real discussion going on.

I've observed what's happened to the community over the years and its really sad and terrible how the great discussions we used to have are being derailed and torn apart by entities who insist on injecting their political vitriol into virtually every single subject one can possibly discuss.

A slow rot that has occurred on ATS since the addition of politics to that forum and the seeming lack of moderation of such in its later years. As I recall, when politics there began to gain traffic there were some videos and an offshoot they tried to build out but I believe it was not successful and the political forums ended up permanently rolled into ATS. Bad idea. I know they tried to right the ship by moving political discussion to the mudpit but it was too little too late. Politics may bring traffic and ad revenue but it will destroy the rest of the forum if left unchecked.

I saw that political trolling is against the rules here, so figure I'd try out this last bastion of CT on the internet before they're all gone. Every other CT forum (and I've seen them all, I think) has fallen to political trolling.

I couldn't have said it better myself. You're correct. You don't hear about politics on Coast to Coast, not from leading UFO experts like Knapp and Corbell, not from anyone in the conspiracy theorist community outside of web forums. Not for the most part anyway. I'm sure there are exceptions though I'm not thinking of off the top of my head. My point is that politics will alienate an audience just as fast as it'll build one. I don't want us to be that kind of community. None of us trust the government, but to me that isn't a partisan issue.
 

24. Politics: Political discussions not related to conspiracy theories are generally prohibited on DI. However, exceptions may be made in certain circumstances. This policy aims to prevent instances of mudslinging, personal attacks, and derailing discussions from the main focus of conspiracy theories.

Correction: Maybe from this guy. I miss Bohemian Grove Alex. I don't know who this guy is anymore. Fun game tho.