Really TW?

[Big_Dangerous]

I don't understand why in this section anytime a thread gets into a political debate or discusses a "hot button" issue it gets closed or deleted... What's the point of having an Odds & Ends section if we can't take about other **** not related to tennis? Granted some posts can be quite ignorant and down right venomous, but there should at least be a way in which we can have reasonably civil debates about issues here... I could see if threads in tennis sections get political, or stray from the topic of tennis, but in this section it seems ridiculous that we just can't discuss politics at all...

 

[TW Staff]

We do not allow political discussion as part of our policies once we closed the rants & raves section. A slightly edited version of the explanation that is posted in policies:

Talk Tennis is a tennis forum, first of foremost. It was not meant to be a home for the kind of posting that was filling Rants & Raves. The initial intention of this forum was to have a place where tennis enthusiasts could share their gripes, accolades or what have you.

It had become increasingly become a bitter environment that has been cause for an exceptional amount of reported posts/threads and was far too labor intensive to keep as a presentable forum.

If political/religious trolling occurs in other forums, those threads will be removed. If tennis topics touch on such things, then they will be moderated with the same eye given to other threads.

Thank you for your understanding.

TW Staff