Toxic Forum Topics

[Shawn Gossman]

In your opinion, what topics are most always going to become toxic topics on a forum?

Do you allow these topics or take measures to prohibit them from being discussed on your community?

 

[PJMC1986]

Politics is a biggie. Always causes issues.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Politics is a biggie. Always causes issues.

It does. It can bring a lot of activity to the forum but result in an absolute nightmare in the process.

 

[JoelR]

It does. It can bring a lot of activity to the forum but result in an absolute nightmare in the process.

What kind of activity do you want to bring to your community? There is activity that is aligned with your community s goals and niche, there is irrelevant or low value activity, and then there is activity that is negative or subtractive to your community values.

Activity is not just activity; there are gradients and shades to activity.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

What kind of activity do you want to bring to your community? There is activity that is aligned with your community s goals and niche, there is irrelevant or low value activity, and then there is activity that is negative or subtractive to your community values.

Activity is not just activity; there are gradients and shades to activity.

It depends on your niche, really.

But definitely many gradients and shades and you need to align it with your values of course but also some topics are easier to get out of hand than others.