Political Posts

[TOTV Team]

We appreciate all the support and participation on TOTV! Over the past 12 months the traffic to the website has nearly doubled! With 2020 being filled with so many topics users are passionate about we wanted to remind everyone of the rule in the terms of service each user agreed to when they signed up for a user account on TOTV.

Political discussion or references are strictly forbidden on Talk of the Villages and this would include but not be limited to mention of political parties, political individuals or any political topics. Moderators and Administrators retain the right to use their discretion and any politically related or implied thread or post will be removed. If a user continues to disregard this rule then the user account will be issued infractions/suspension.

Obviously moderators are not 24/7 on the website so it may take a few hours to address a reported post, but be advised that any violation of the site rules can lead to infractions on your account and ultimately an account suspension.

Our goal is to never have to moderate a thread or post and to have maximum participation. But the rules have been established and every user has agreed to them and the moderators will work diligently to apply across the site for the purpose of everyone's enjoyment on TOTV.

Thanks in advance!

TOTV Team

[crash]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.

[Joe V.]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.


I don't see it. Of course I use ad blockers and cookie blockers, etc. It makes everything so much better online.

[manaboutown]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.

I have never noticed a political ad on this site, ever.

[Stu from NYC]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.

Have seen it before but not there now.

However somebody has to pay for the site.

[swooner]

I have never noticed a political ad on this site, ever.
A political survey of Trumps approval rating is shown on header pages all over TOTV. Open you eyes!

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[zonerboy]

Makes the whole site boring.

[Number 10 GI]

A political survey of Trumps approval rating is shown on header pages all over TOTV. Open you eyes!

President Trump Weekly Approval Poll | Make America Great Again (https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=C7lPa_VMkX83iO4-W7wLTjpyYA7bkkbdezoi0tpUJ8cn93wUQASCn7dwKYMmGgIDco 9wQoAHHjJSYA8gBCagDAcgDwwSqBJgCT9BE6R8ZJ2PPk-K6timp03b5oKZpa6uwpN3NwD6vECcKnrMg-Fpfp1Fijaq3dT3d_gB15DRv5duviDlQ-9w6fzIZgqXWPhD_T-EedoZErTHH5F64DKv7EsD_-07xHpdUPeyHTuhoyVpJT_fD1uc1C_HFS2ZPyaoy01V94yoRlEA dxIbExfAc6c1weUwDs5bZ8iNvXYYl_ocrtGQJ8G29F4GouEQmw oVB1qJSGsKT23anNlR2sLmdgf4wdjIT_OrH8cq04mzn2Sd4cCS a6ezIjKlThTDEgc76l6e6E_E7-kLwXqyJvqbsBqzEEREqlGczYyKkKAgZrcRjGNZZ1TDoTyePBHb JKW-hBEsXgjVdSa1Cwh9JDc2nAcAE8re7ve8BkAYBoAYugAf6gbNqi AcBkAcCqAeOzhuoB9XJG6gHk9gbqAe6BqgH8NkbqAfy2RuoB6a-G6gH7NUbqAfz0RuoB-zVG6gHltgbqAfC2hvYBwDSCAYIABACGBqxCbrETjxwCwE9gAoB mAsByAsBgAwB2BMMiBQO&ae=1&num=1&cid=CAMSeQClSFh3IBxlHYvw1o2MbbZ-o0NFoRGB0kh9kquG_k9FBgLGIwQMWZHm-uqp6vQq2DYkXrXMkM_7u9HQIlBV6UkVVYz05nn-wt37VA7zTyjbfM0HQuxDi3bEND0Rb6jDDTMmnGjHSOa9wip1KV 15rsNmztHcPbgOr_4&sig=AOD64_32TvqOmANFw_x9_kfykNKLp6bHhg&client=ca-pub-6312213575241057&nb=9&adurl=https://action.donaldjtrump.com/president-trump-weekly-approval-poll/%3Futm_medium%3Dad%26utm_source%3Ddp_googletd%26ut m_campaign%3D20190513_na_approvalpoll_djt_tmagacpr os_ocpmylea_bh_audience0104_multi_copy00435_us_b_1 8-99_gdnw_all_na_lp0050_acq_sa_leads_static_na_na_na %26utm_content%3Dsur%26gclid%3DCj0KCQjwgo_5BRDuARI sADDEntR_eW-oGHRhGKDl_PR_-WqMNmYZwGW3K0TOJtl-oIhQKLFqi4GW-EwaAihnEALw_wcB)

I use an ad blocker and don't see any ads. I turned it off and all kinds of google ads popped up so your complaint is with google. Get an ad blocker and lower your blood pressure.

[blueash]

It would be helpful if the moderators gave much more concrete guidance. If you cannot mention a politician, how are there threads about Herman Cain? or John Lewis?
If you can't mention anything that might be political how about all the threads attacking BLM or athletes for supporting BLM?
Can you honestly say that hydroxychloroquine is not now a political topic? Or the deaths in Florida from Covid?
Or deaths in Chicago? Or immigration and DACA? Or the Police? Or all the attacks on the mainstream media which stem almost exclusively from one side of the political aisle?

So more guidance would be helpful especially to avoid any appearance that the moderators might be censoring one side more than the other.

[LoisR]

Money talks.

[Goldwingnut]

Please clearly define what is considered "political" for this website, right now it all seems arbitrary.

[retiredguy123]

It would be helpful if the moderators gave much more concrete guidance. If you cannot mention a politician, how are there threads about Herman Cain? or John Lewis?
If you can't mention anything that might be political how about all the threads attacking BLM or athletes for supporting BLM?
Can you honestly say that hydroxychloroquine is not now a political topic? Or the deaths in Florida from Covid?
Or deaths in Chicago? Or immigration and DACA? Or the Police? Or all the attacks on the mainstream media which stem almost exclusively from one side of the political aisle?

So more guidance would be helpful especially to avoid any appearance that the moderators might be censoring one side more than the other.
I agree. I started to comment on the "Trust the Trust Act" thread, but then withdrew my comments because the OP named two senators. But, I see that the thread is still open and people are posting to it. Why?

[Lindsyburnsy]

This site is riddled with political ads. Your ad blocker must be working.

QUOTE=manaboutown;1811239]I have never noticed a political ad on this site, ever.[/QUOTE]

[billethkid]

It would be helpful if the moderators gave much more concrete guidance. If you cannot mention a politician, how are there threads about Herman Cain? or John Lewis?
If you can't mention anything that might be political how about all the threads attacking BLM or athletes for supporting BLM?
Can you honestly say that hydroxychloroquine is not now a political topic? Or the deaths in Florida from Covid?
Or deaths in Chicago? Or immigration and DACA? Or the Police? Or all the attacks on the mainstream media which stem almost exclusively from one side of the political aisle?

So more guidance would be helpful especially to avoid any appearance that the moderators might be censoring one side more than the other.

Easy to know.
If you haven't been contacted by a moderator on what you have been posting or posted then one is doing OK?

[Kenswing]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.

They really have no control over some of the ads. They basically sell space to an advertising company who then populates ads based on browsing history.

[Kenswing]

We appreciate all the support and participation on TOTV! Over the past 12 months the traffic to the website has nearly doubled! With 2020 being filled with so many topics users are passionate about we wanted to remind everyone of the rule in the terms of service each user agreed to when they signed up for a user account on TOTV.

Political discussion or references are strictly forbidden on Talk of the Villages and this would include but not be limited to mention of political parties, political individuals or any political topics. Moderators and Administrators retain the right to use their discretion and any politically related or implied thread or post will be removed. If a user continues to disregard this rule then the user account will be issued infractions/suspension.

Obviously moderators are not 24/7 on the website so it may take a few hours to address a reported post, but be advised that any violation of the site rules can lead to infractions on your account and ultimately an account suspension.

Our goal is to never have to moderate a thread or post and to have maximum participation. But the rules have been established and every user has agreed to them and the moderators will work diligently to apply across the site for the purpose of everyone's enjoyment on TOTV.

Thanks in advance!

TOTV Team
There is very little that this bunch can't turn into a political debate. You'd have better luck herding cats..

[Stu from NYC]

There is very little that this bunch can't turn into a political debate. You'd have better luck herding cats..

funny

[queasy27]

Here's what I do, for whatever it's worth -- (1) sit on my hands and don't respond to comments or threads that espouse political beliefs, and (2) click the report option and trust the mods to use their best judgement.

There are many topics that have taken on political overtones but it's still fairly straightforward to just stick to the subject. If no one rises to the bait, an inappropriate or off-topic comment becomes a non-issue.

[Nevermore]

Why can’t you have a political forum? If members do not want to deal with such issues, stay out. Some of us are not tender flowers and enjoy a discussion of issues. I am not afraid of someone who believes differently from me.

[coffeebean]

Our sub forum "News and Current Events" is nice to have but it has one problem. If political people or subjects are not allowed to be discussed in the forum, then that leaves pretty much NOTHING to discuss. Let's face it......nearly 100% of our news and current events these days deals with political issues. I honestly feel the "News and Current Events" sub forum is very difficult to navigate to remain "legal" according to the guidelines and rules of TOTV.

What news and current events subject matter is there to discuss if it can not be politicized? How about .........hmmmm........can't think of anything.

[Topspinmo]

I don’t care how hard you try some will get there political agendas in there posts. Then when somebody calls them out they get reprimanded. IMO just delete the post or posters pushing their agenda?

[EdFNJ]

A political survey of Trumps approval rating is shown on header pages all over TOTV. Open you eyes!

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I never have seen a political ad here. Their ad provider uses your previous computer searches and your cookies to show you what they have determined you are interested in. It's like that all over the web.

LOL, now that I have said that I will likely be bombarded. I do not use an ad blocker because they cause problems with many web sites.

[jebartle]

Our sub forum "News and Current Events" is nice to have but it has one problem. If political people or subjects are not allowed to be discussed in the forum, then that leaves pretty much NOTHING to discuss. Let's face it......nearly 100% of our news and current events these days deals with political issues. I honestly feel the "News and Current Events" sub forum is very difficult to navigate to remain "legal" according to the guidelines and rules of TOTV.

What news and current events subject matter is there to discuss if it can not be politicized? How about .........hmmmm........can't think of anything.

"Hmmmmm" is now my favorite response.

[Mitchell69]

These political ads or political messages are what TV arbitrarily decides they are

[camaguey48]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.
Where? Media fair? What an oxymoron.

[alfredpopcorn@gmail.com]

You gave yourself away with the heart felt attacks against your beloved fake news . Now that’s funny!

[alfredpopcorn@gmail.com]

It’s impossible do due what you ask . The site would never have enough interest in viewing.

[Pillowtalk]

You are getting a lot of people from The Village News. The moderator’s (a new company they just put in) are questioning a lot of our posts asking us if we are sure we want to say what we are saying. On my part no cussing, no name calling, no racism just the virus and politics.

[Coal Miner]

Its too bad that you allow provocative posts that quickly turn into political responses. Its the same people almost daily who get away with it. I can't help but to think that you allow this on purpose

[La lamy]

I agree it would be interesting to have a forum specifically for political topics. I understand this forum is supposed to be about lovely Villages life, but as a democracy, politics is what drives and affects our society. We need to be able to keep talking about it in my opinion.

[UseYourBrain]

Is that what happened? I am done with the Villages News. I wish someone would start a new online news. The new moderators are completely ridiculous with what posts they cancel. Posts with nothing at all bad in them. I guess just posts they don’t like. When news sources start deciding what truth is rather than allowing open discussions we are becoming more like China and Russia.
Plus, the reporting is childish at times (drama headlines and house prices to name a few) and irresponsible at others (reporting on what is in someone’s facebook page even when they are having a tough time about something - perhaps legal but overly intrusive, giving locations of people when not really adding to the story)

[Dcurrie911]

Seems like continued censorship to me. We all know that main stream media is bought and paid for. Facebook and Google edit and filter what we see. Now TOTV... Free Press is intended to allow citizens to communicate freely . Without it we lose the ability to compile individual stories, experience, or thoughts into governmental trends or other noteworthy social or political conditions.

Rumor has it that When Ben Franklin was asked what kind of government we had been given he replied ‘A Republic, if you can keep it’. Seems to me as though we are choosing to lose it. We are choosing or at least accepting more and more Socialist ideologies. Go ahead and censor this post if you must, yet another example of what this country is turning into.

[Ele201]

Why can’t you have a political forum? If members do not want to deal with such issues, stay out. Some of us are not tender flowers and enjoy a discussion of issues. I am not afraid of someone who believes differently from me.
I think the moderators would prefer to keep TOTV focused on issues that relate to Village life. I do agree with you on political discussions, as I enjoy them too. Problem is politics divides people and debate can quickly turn angry and hurtful. I’ve seen that on here. So that’s what the mods are trying to guard against.

[oldtimes]

I agree it would be interesting to have a forum specifically for political topics. I understand this forum is supposed to be about lovely Villages life, but as a democracy, politics is what drives and affects our society. We need to be able to keep talking about it in my opinion.

Why? It's the same arguments from the same people over and over and it changes nothing but always ends up getting nasty.

[Eg_cruz]

It would be helpful if the moderators gave much more concrete guidance. If you cannot mention a politician, how are there threads about Herman Cain? or John Lewis?
If you can't mention anything that might be political how about all the threads attacking BLM or athletes for supporting BLM?
Can you honestly say that hydroxychloroquine is not now a political topic? Or the deaths in Florida from Covid?
Or deaths in Chicago? Or immigration and DACA? Or the Police? Or all the attacks on the mainstream media which stem almost exclusively from one side of the political aisle?

So more guidance would be helpful especially to avoid any appearance that the moderators might be censoring one side more than the other.
Which they absolutely do

[Eg_cruz]

Why can’t you have a political forum? If members do not want to deal with such issues, stay out. Some of us are not tender flowers and enjoy a discussion of issues. I am not afraid of someone who believes differently from me.
Amen

[jbrown132]

It is almost impossible to avoid anything political. If the only topics allowed are subjects like “who makes the best pizza” “where can I get my hair cut” etc, etc, I doubt there will be many visiting the site.

[villageuser]

When everything is politicized these days, wearing masks, funding our mail system, going to Church even, how can you tell people no political posts?

[Bogie Shooter]

Why can’t you have a political forum? If members do not want to deal with such issues, stay out. Some of us are not tender flowers and enjoy a discussion of issues. I am not afraid of someone who believes differently from me.

Go to the Current Events & News Forum......and blast away!

[Dilligas]

A political survey of Trumps approval rating is shown on header pages all over TOTV. Open you eyes!

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That ad is probably there for you and not others because you reacted (Y or N) to one (same or similar) in the past. If you dump all your cookies, they will most likely be replaced with something else.

[Bogie Shooter]

These political ads or political messages are what TV arbitrarily decides they are

Did you mean TOTV?

[Bogie Shooter]

Is that what happened? I am done with the Villages News. I wish someone would start a new online news. The new moderators are completely ridiculous with what posts they cancel. Posts with nothing at all bad in them. I guess just posts they don’t like. When news sources start deciding what truth is rather than allowing open discussions we are becoming more like China and Russia.
Plus, the reporting is childish at times (drama headlines and house prices to name a few) and irresponsible at others (reporting on what is in someone’s facebook page even when they are having a tough time about something - perhaps legal but overly intrusive, giving locations of people when not really adding to the story)
The title of this thread is Political Posts,,,,as it relates to TOTV. What does Villages News have to do with what happens here?

[EdFNJ]

Hey folks ... simple answer. If you want political discussion start your own political forum. There are dozens of free and very low price software packages and websites (Discord for one) or even Facebook that can easily be configured as you want. You can then go off and see how easy it is to run it without being hijacked by wackos from all sides. You just need to provide hosting. Just keep it out of here. This is not "the press", it's a privately owned forum and there is no "right to free (uncensored) speech" here.

I remember the old supposedly anonymous "political" section here when we moved down here 3 1/2 years ago. It was disgusting. It was racist, misogynous, vile and any other adjective you can think of. People THOUGHT they were anonymous but, I guess due to some bug in the config here, when it was read using an phone app like TAP-A-TALK the actual user names showed up. It was quite interesting to see who was behind those posts. Many messages from that forum can be read using "The Internet Archives" aka "Wayback Machine" with a little effort. It became quite scary to see some of the stuff that was written here and especially knowing who posted it. Luckily those sites don't "unmask" the posters.

[eyc234]

Problem on this and other online sites is that there is not discussion. They turn into insults, innuendos, attacks on individuals, posting of half truths to match what ever side you lean to and a total lack of following logical fact based information. Most supposed discussions on TOTV descend into the abyss within 2 -4 replies. Becoming more and more disconnected from most topics and using it as a classifieds look up.

[icedice]

After reading these remarks as a visitor the only conclusion i can make is i don`t want to live in your bubble

[Bogie Shooter]

After reading these remarks as a visitor the only conclusion i can make is i don`t want to live in your bubble

Please describe "bubble". Do you mean TOTV or The Villages or a political forum?

[TOTV Team]

What about the Trump add in the banner right above your post. Media fair with Trumps picture seems political to me.

Those are Google ads. They deliver those based on your search experience. It is not something shown to all the users only to you.

[TOTV Team]

A political survey of Trumps approval rating is shown on header pages all over TOTV. Open you eyes!

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[TOTV Team]

It would be helpful if the moderators gave much more concrete guidance. If you cannot mention a politician, how are there threads about Herman Cain? or John Lewis?
If you can't mention anything that might be political how about all the threads attacking BLM or athletes for supporting BLM?
Can you honestly say that hydroxychloroquine is not now a political topic? Or the deaths in Florida from Covid?
Or deaths in Chicago? Or immigration and DACA? Or the Police? Or all the attacks on the mainstream media which stem almost exclusively from one side of the political aisle?

So more guidance would be helpful especially to avoid any appearance that the moderators might be censoring one side more than the other.

Refer to the site rules that all users agree to when registering.

[TOTV Team]

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