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From the end of the last topic...

STEROLIZER posted...

Hes just using common sense in order to grow the site, reengage old users, and attract a newer (younger) audience.

Hey there Twitch & TikTok community, would you like to take some time out of your day to discuss politics with a bunch of introverted middle-aged men?

Thats not a winning strategy. Not for user acquisition, nor atttacting advertisers. It certainly isnt conducive to reengaging all the registered users that no longer post here.

Just move onto reddit to get the politics fix. Let Fandom modernize and grow the site. I dont get being so mad at them for trying to monetize their asset.

Literally everything you said is wrong.

No one's first board is the Politics board. I was on this site close to 10 years before I knew there was a Politics board. Realpolitick was even more obscure. The presence of Realpolitick is not prominent enough to scare away new users.

If political discussions were scaring away new users then you should not want political discussions on any prominent board, which definitely includes Current Events.

Your biggest error is treating newer younger users as a monolith. There are more teenagers organizing anti-gun violence marches and other political movements than there were in my generation. It's certainly not the majority, but there has always been some young people that talk politics, and this generation has a bit more than normal. There's a shit ton of boards allowing them to find their own interests. Those that like politics can find their way there and those that don't could go elsewhere. Of course, they're all going elsewhere. Chasing away a sizeable portion of the existing user base isn't going to be the key to make young people suddenly want to come here.