goldfish21 wrote:
HeroOfHyrule wrote:
Sharing politically charged articles to provoke a reaction out of people is just flat out attention seeking behaviour and shouldn't be encouraged or allowed.
I dunno.. sometimes it's entertaining for all involved. Sometimes it's educational. Sometimes it's hilarious when almost no one agrees with the stance the OP was intending so they pm the mods and request that the thread be locked because they didn't get their dose of agreement.
It's easy enough to just not participate in threads about politically charged articles if you don't want to venture into the hornets nest. I'm too opinionated not to say my 2 cents about things, though.
I don't find attention seeking behaviour "entertaining" at all, especially when the ones who are attention seeking are just trying to start arguments + worsen the vibe of the forum they're on. I also gladly avoid threads like this, but the unfortunate truth is that the attention seeking behaviour + its effects aren't limited to these threads, and it often bleeds into the general forum, creating a nasty and hostile environment. I get that a lot of people on here come here solely to participate in these threads, but they're honestly the last people I would come to for their opinion on it. They obviously don't care about contributing anything but drama to the forum.