Carlton green wrote: ↑18 Oct 2021, 8:19am
My comments above did not seek the closure of the Tearoom (though a temporary one might be good) but rather that some topics be out of bounds. From my earlier post today: “It’s simple enough really, just have some things that are off limits, I suggest: Party Politics and divisive issues such as Brexit.”
I don't think that's possible without totally gutting the forum. CTC is an older political campaign than the Labour party and inevitably it sometimes becomes party political. At the moment, the conservatives at uk level are great and some local conservatives aren't, but usually parties are more unified than that.
Also, many issues are divisive: bents/upwrongs, infrastructure/vehicular, hubs/derailleurs, treads/slicks, ...
I think the tea room should be replaced with a cafe due to the occupation of "tea" by the right wing "tea party" as I've mentioned before.
I also think simpler and easier rules should be set to make moderation faster, but I'm not doing it yet so it's up to the moderators to decide if the current practices are easy enough for the. The published rules should be updated to match reality, either way.