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Subject: Re: Please don't make planet.kde.org into a politics feed
From: Laszlo Papp <lpapp () kde ! org>
Date: 2019-12-05 12:11:34
Message-ID: CAOMwXhPHucERPS2xv_pwppahQFsbEUf+b=kLvnxSJ1SD1jmMQw () mail ! gmail ! com
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That is fine. It is your opinion and probably many others'. But it is also
a very controversial and divisive topic. I personally find it strange that
you vote for unity in case of EU, but not in case of UK. To me, that is a
contradiction. But it does not matter what I think. I think it is a fair
concern whether to bring it to planet KDE. I am sure KDE would be more
respective for a democratic vote on this than the UK has been on Brexit
unfortunately.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:04 PM Jonathan Riddell <jr@jriddell.org> wrote:
> Planet KDE exists to allow KDE people to share information about
> themselves as well as their KDE contributions. A hard Brexit will affect
> KDE significantly which is why I include it here. The idea that talking
> about politics is dangerous or anti-social really scares me and is one
> reason why the populists have taken over so much of the political
> discussion currently. I often get people thanking me for my political
> opinion blogs. If you don't want to read it then don't read it.
>
> The rule we came up with is "The majority of content in your blog should
> be about KDE and your work on KDE. Blog posts about personal subjects are
> also encouraged since Planet KDE is a chance to learn more about the
> developers behind KDE." I've never heard anyone suggest changes to that
> rule.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 11:53, Christian Loosli <kde@fuchsnet.ch> wrote:
>
>> Dear Community,
>>
>> I'm 100% sure this topic came up in the past due to the same blog, but I
>> can't
>> find it on the mailing list, so I assume it happened on forums or chat:
>>
>> currently the top blog post on planet.kde.org is about voting for a
>> specific
>> political party. I understand that in these times there are many
>> countries
>> with heated and important political debates, and some very important
>> global
>> topics as well. However, these already occupy all the news site.
>> Now if every blog appearing on the planet would target a political
>> subject
>> that is very important to the blogger, planet.kde.org would be yet
>> another
>> political news/opinions feed.
>>
>> If I want politics, I go to one of these. If I want to read about KDE, I
>> go to
>> planet.kde.org.
>>
>> Please dear bloggers: there are categories, and you can choose which of
>> your
>> blogs do show up on the planet. I know that some topics are very
>> important to
>> you and obviously you are free to blog about them, but please keep the
>> planet.kde.org feed free of it, so it doesn't become a mess where it's
>> hard to
>> find the content people actually go there for.
>>
>> Thanks and kind regards,
>>
>> Christian
>>
>>
>>
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<div dir="ltr">That is fine. It is your opinion and probably many others'. But it \
is also a very controversial and divisive topic. I personally find it strange that \
you vote for unity in case of EU, but not in case of UK. To me, that is a \
contradiction. But it does not matter what I think. I think it is a fair concern \
whether to bring it to planet KDE. I am sure KDE would be more respective for a \
democratic vote on this than the UK has been on Brexit unfortunately.</div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 12:04 PM \
Jonathan Riddell <<a href="mailto:jr@jriddell.org">jr@jriddell.org</a>> \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div \
dir="ltr"><div>Planet KDE exists to allow KDE people to share information about \
themselves as well as their KDE contributions. A hard Brexit will affect KDE \
significantly which is why I include it here. The idea that talking about politics \
is dangerous or anti-social really scares me and is one reason why the populists have \
taken over so much of the political discussion currently. I often get people \
thanking me for my political opinion blogs. If you don't want to read it then don't \
read it.</div><div><br></div><div>The rule we came up with is "The majority of \
content in your blog should be about KDE and your work on KDE. Blog posts about \
personal subjects are also encouraged since Planet KDE is a chance to learn more \
about the developers behind KDE." I've never heard anyone suggest changes \
to that rule.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div></div><br><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 11:53, \
Christian Loosli <<a href="mailto:kde@fuchsnet.ch" \
target="_blank">kde@fuchsnet.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear Community, <br> <br>
I'm 100% sure this topic came up in the past due to the same blog, but I \
can't <br> find it on the mailing list, so I assume it happened on forums or \
chat: <br> <br>
currently the top blog post on <a href="http://planet.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">planet.kde.org</a> is about voting for a specific <br> political \
party. I understand that in these times there are many countries <br> with heated and \
important political debates, and some very important global <br> topics as well. \
However, these already occupy all the news site. <br> Now if every blog appearing on \
the planet would target a political subject <br> that is very important to the \
blogger, <a href="http://planet.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" \
target="_blank">planet.kde.org</a> would be yet another <br> political news/opinions \
feed. <br> <br>
If I want politics, I go to one of these. If I want to read about KDE, I go to <br>
<a href="http://planet.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">planet.kde.org</a>. \
<br> <br>
Please dear bloggers: there are categories, and you can choose which of your <br>
blogs do show up on the planet. I know that some topics are very important to <br>
you and obviously you are free to blog about them, but please keep the <br>
<a href="http://planet.kde.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">planet.kde.org</a> \
feed free of it, so it doesn't become a mess where it's hard to <br> find the \
content people actually go there for. <br> <br>
Thanks and kind regards, <br>
<br>
Christian <br>
<br>
<br>
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