It's been just over a week since we introduced two new forums -- I'd like to get your opinion on one of them [View all]

The forum I'd like to discuss is this one:

The first action in the Trump Administration's War On America has been "Shock and Awe" -- they are flooding the zone with so much bullshit that it's overwhelming people's ability to handle it. That is their strategy, and so far it appears to be working.

One highly recommended thread yesterday contained some advice for dealing with this, and it is in line with the reason I proposed this new forum in the first place -- to try to better separate the "noise" from the "signal" by compartmentalizing stories about Trump's non-newsworthy trolling and gaslighting, in order to make those stories seem a little less overwhelming (or make them easier to ignore by trashing the forum).

When we opened the forums last week, I said I wanted to give it a little time to see how they develop naturally, so I asked the Forum Hosts to take a hands-off approach. However, after observing how this has played out in Latest Trump BS for a week, I think it's only going to work if we act to enforce the Statement of Purpose and start locking off-topic threads. If we don't, we're just getting a mix of content in GD and Latest Trump BS, which makes Latest Trump BS redundant.

Currently, the Latest Trump BS forum is full of stories about actual real world concrete actions taken by the Trump Administration -- banning transgender people from serving in the military, firing Inspectors General, exiting the WHO, a guide to Project 2025, etc. etc. etc. These are exactly the type of stories that should *NOT* be in that forum.

Meanwhile, GD is still home to many threads about Trump's gaslighting, trolling, and lying BS -- Trump posting on Truth Social that he ordered the military to turn on the water in California, Trump attacking Bishop Budde, Trump calling Spain a BRICS nation (it's not) and threatening to put 100% tariff on them, etc. These are exactly the type of stories that would be more appropriate for Latest Trump BS.

So the question is, do you want to let this all hang out in GD, or do you want stricter compartmentalization?

If the former, we will likely close the Latest Trump BS forum because it is simply redundant. If the latter, we will have to start locking threads which are in the wrong forums, and asking OPs to repost in the appropriate forum. Bear in mind that this could cause some friction. First because people don't like getting their threads locked, and second because there may be some arguments about topics which could be considered overlapping, or borderline.

Again, I'm focusing on the Latest Trump BS forum here. I think the above issues are currently far less of a problem in The Way Forward. If necessary, we can have a separate discussion about The Way Forward after we've talked about this.

I'm curious to hear your opinions. What do you think?