Based on feedback from this post, we’re going to trial pushing for more politically controversial posts to go in !politics instead of !newzealand.

We’re interested in seeing where users think the line is. Which of these recent posts do you think belong in !politics?

  1. Frustration mounting as high school teacher strikes roll on - 1News
  2. All Whites game abandoned after alleged racial abuse - RNZ
  3. ‘Random’ group of Kiwis caught protesters who lit Parliament fires - 1News
  4. Teacher struck off after refusing to use student’s pronouns - 1News
  5. New additional ETS scheme floated in review of carbon market - RNZ
  6. Migrant workers being exploited, Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau says - RNZ
  7. Operation Pakari: More arrests of people linked to Mongrel Mob, 85 charges laid - RNZ
  8. Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations - NZ Herald
  9. This RNZ story is probably more complicated than first thought - Stuff
  10. Teacher struck off after refusing to use student’s pronouns - 1News

We’re not able to move posts to another community at the moment, but we’re thinking of locking posts that should be in !politics and asking the OP to cross-post them there. Do you think this is the best approach?

  • SamC@lemmy.nzEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I guess that could work, although I’d say the RNZ tankie story is no more or less political than the other stories you say can go in the NZ community.

    And yeah, I think worth trying it as a guideline rather than a rule, and seeing what happens.

    Another option (which creates more fragmentation) is to have a “NZ news” community, where news posts are allowed, then ban all news posts (i.e. new stories from the main outlets) from the NZ community. Then you don’t have to worry so much about what counts as political.

    I guess Reddit-style post flairs would sort out a lot of this, but am guessing that’s a fair way down the roadmap.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m just not sure what would go in !newzealand if the news all got kicked out!

      • SamC@lemmy.nzEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Agreed (which I mentioned in a previous post). The alternative is to have “NZ casual” (or whatever you want to call it). So people not interested in the “harder” stuff can sub to that.

        • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I’m not keen on more communities right now. We just don’t have the user base.

          • SamC@lemmy.nzEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I agree, but just suggesting it as a solution to people who don’t like a lot of the posts currently allowed in c/NZ.