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Subject: Re: Please don't make planet.kde.org into a politics feed
From: Eike Hein <hein () kde ! org>
Date: 2019-12-05 12:17:33
Message-ID: 2BAB80BE-7101-446C-9C60-545887C7D9E6 () kde ! org
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Hi,
Let's remember we had this debate before and it lead to the rules in the "Add Your Blog" popup, under \
which this blog post is currently fine.
If you want the rules changed you need to make a good case for why the situation is different and \
warrants reevaluation, otherwise you're tilting at established consensus and wasting time.
Cheers,
Eike
On December 5, 2019 1:07:11 PM GMT+01:00, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin@leinir.dk> wrote:
> Because it's going to become all manner of fun, i feel i need to
> comment that
> Jonathan's statement here is my feelings on the situation as well.
>
> On Thursday, 5 December 2019 12:04:35 GMT Jonathan Riddell 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
>
>
> --
> ..dan / leinir..
> http://leinir.dk/
--
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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<html><head></head><body>Hi,<br><br>Let's remember we had this debate before and it lead to the rules in \
the "Add Your Blog" popup, under which this blog post is currently fine.<br><br>If you want the rules \
changed you need to make a good case for why the situation is different and warrants reevaluation, \
otherwise you're tilting at established consensus and wasting \
time.<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Eike<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On December 5, 2019 1:07:11 PM \
GMT+01:00, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <admin@leinir.dk> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <pre \
class="k9mail">Because it's going to become all manner of fun, i feel i need to comment that \
<br>Jonathan's statement here is my feelings on the situation as well.<br><br>On Thursday, 5 December \
2019 12:04:35 GMT Jonathan Riddell wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex \
0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Planet KDE exists to allow KDE people to share \
information about themselves<br>as well as their KDE contributions. A hard Brexit will affect \
KDE<br>significantly which is why I include it here. The idea that talking about<br>politics is \
dangerous or anti-social really scares me and is one reason why<br>the populists have taken over so much \
of the political discussion<br>currently. I often get people thanking me for my political opinion \
blogs.<br>If you don't want to read it then don't read it.<br><br>The rule we came up with is "The \
majority of content in your blog should be<br>about KDE and your work on KDE. Blog posts about personal \
subjects are also<br>encouraged since Planet KDE is a chance to learn more about the developers<br>behind \
KDE." I've never heard anyone suggest changes to that rule.<br><br>Jonathan<br><br>On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at \
11:53, Christian Loosli <kde@fuchsnet.ch> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: \
0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; 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<br>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 planet.kde.org is about \
voting for a<br>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<br>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, planet.kde.org would be \
yet<br>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<br>go to<br>planet.kde.org.<br><br>Please dear bloggers: there are categories, \
and you can choose which of<br>your<br>blogs do show up on the planet. I know that some topics are very \
important<br>to<br>you and obviously you are free to blog about them, but please keep \
the<br>planet.kde.org feed free of it, so it doesn't become a mess where it's<br>hard to<br>find the \
content people actually go there for.<br><br>Thanks and kind \
regards,<br><br>Christian<br></blockquote></blockquote><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Sent from \
my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</body></html>
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