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Originally Posted by uke_master
Come join in! The idea is for the entire politics form to now be off site, and this one gone away, not just a narrow slice of the old one. There might be some angry at Mat nuking the forum with no warning, but it is actually pretty amicable and more of a "let's build a community" feeling.
Appreciate the offer, but I do not have the passion for US politics to really appreciate it (as the regs do) or participate in a productive manner, and to be blunt - I do not have the time to do it even if I did have that interest. I would read and rarely post in the forum in between reading other forums a few days a week (mainly the marketplace and Internet Poker as unlike the Politics regs I am still involved in the industry for which this site is based). I did get some decent politics updates from the forum, even if at times it took a bit of effort wading through all the yelling back at the inanimate Trump bot or posting random twitter comments of others.
I did find the human interactions and behavior of many of the members to be interesting at times, but I think many could use a break from the daily politics grind as well, but in the end that is up to them, and for now if they all have a happy home that their collectively rule - then that is great.
I would genuinely suggest that those who lead it (if there are any leaders) recognize that if it grows fast that it will literally consume all of their time, at zero pay, and that is not a condition that can last for long before burnout happens, so again when the raw energy of the move wears off - a proper business plan should be created, and then they can charge forward without the limitations (and some of the benefits) of the establishment they had here. Good luck and have fun!