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Q&A Codidact's policy regarding posts, user names and profiles with political content

I agree with everyone else here. Moreover, I would advocate for a rather "powerful" moderation of this site (powerful can mean large scope, frequent intervention, or in a bunch of other ways, just...

posted 3y ago by whybecause‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar whybecause‭ · 2022-01-11T15:40:32Z (almost 3 years ago)
I agree with everyone else here.  

Moreover, I would advocate for a rather "powerful" moderation of this site (powerful can mean large scope, frequent intervention, or in a bunch of other ways, just feeling free to err on the side of moderating rather than not).  Codidact is not a discussion forum, and in no way promises a wide range of expression, or really any expression at all.  It is focused on the technical.  

Put another way, I don't think we should feel shy about moderator action for fear that users will get offended or complain about their free speech.  We can always answer that the point of this site is not free speech--users can freely speak to their neighbors, but this site is for a narrow kind of content.

And I think there is more danger in allowing too much rather than too little.

So I vote that we don't allow user names of political leaders, ideas, etc.  And I'm fine with not allowing political expression in profiles.