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Originally Posted by Pturner
I also was not aware that the TOTV definition of political is if one of the political parties is mentioned. Who knew?
To be honest, I thought it was more like Potter Stewart's definition of pornography. To be honest, I wish it were-- with the admins being the "deciders".
I say that because I would not be surprised now to see some of the Poli-Thread regulars trying to retest the boundaries; and as a result, TOTV non-subscription discussions becoming mean-spirited spit-fests as oft found in Poli Thread.
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What is the demographic that owners of TOTV would like to concentrate on? Is it the people who might be looking for contractors, services and advice? Are they the people that found this little piece of paradise and are anxious to get started on a life that has fewer of life's miseries than they sometimes found in their pre-retirement years? What would draw advertisers to use TOTV to reach potential customers. I seriously don't think that a serious business person is looking for the negative side of everything to improve his lot in business. I find it very hard to believe that TOTV hasn't grown in a more positive spreadsheet kind of way since they took action to sweeten the environment of the forums.
I honestly believe that testing has been going on for the past few months. It's pretty easy to pick out. All one has to do is look for the 6 to 10 posters in Political and look back to see if they haven't been pushing the borders a bit. I think the theory may be that if they keep the push on a bit that the Administrators will just let a few slip by every now and then and eventually not pay much attention at all.
I do believe that there can be serious discussion about non-political topics of interest to everyone without getting into the biases, bigotry, hate mongering that often followed before the Political Forum was a membership only area. You could profile the posters! That was meant to be humor. I think.
Xavier