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?

  • @Albatr0ssEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Hmmm, tricky.

    I’d classify 1 and 5 as definitely politics. And 2 and 10 as not politics (although some people love to politicise race and trans issues, I wouldn’t say the stories themselves are political).

    The rest are murky and subjective. I’m happy to trust the mods to make the right calls, you guys all seem quite reasonable so far. People will sometimes disagree, but not everything is clearcut.

    In the linked discussion post, there’s some talk about the different media outlets, and the trashy/untrustworthiness of a few. You could maybe add something like “If posting news articles, links from RNZ are preferred in the first instance, but if they’re not covering the story feel free to source from other reputable NZ media”.

    Then of course people will argue about what “reputable” means, and moan that Chantelle Baker is TOTALLY reputable so why can’t I spam her lies here you censoring, free-speech-quashing, nazicommie bastards (/s) but such is life.