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fullshark ◴[] No.37251533[source]
> Off-Topic: Most stories about politics

I'd welcome a firmer hand on eliminating these submissions.

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robmccoll ◴[] No.37251843[source]
I'd like clarification of whether politics is meant to cover matters of policy or strictly partisan politics and news about the lives of political figures. Surely regulatory policy with regards to technology, communications infrastructure, and similar is of interest.
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jl6 ◴[] No.37252704[source]
It may not be a useful distinction, when what we really want is to exclude based on “propensity for useless flamewar”.
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1. mistermann ◴[] No.37262455[source]
There is sometimes great utility hidden unseen, like the value of having access to hundreds if not thousands of threads of much more intelligent than average humans arguing about politics.

Not useful for all people, but potentially useful for some.