Politics Slack

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Guidelines

The Slack is an entirely unofficial community space that does not and can not offer the same type of moderation as MetaFilter. However, it is important to make clear that the same guidelines that apply to MetaFilter apply to the Slack space, especially the prohibition of racist and otherwise hateful comments: "No racial slurs, deliberate misgendering/misnaming, or other racist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise hateful speech. This includes making hateful statements ironically or sarcastically." The MetaFilter Microaggressions and making space page similarly applies here. Questions or concerns? Problems? Feel free to contact zachlipton using a Direct Message.

Please be mindful that channels are a shared space. Try to move lengthy sub-discussions into threads and off-topic digressions into an appropriate channel.

A few key channels

• #slackhelp - Any and all questions about using Slack
• #politics-usa - US political discussion
• #politics-uk - UK political discussion
• #2020-us - 2020 elections
• #live - Live chat around hearings, debates, and other events
• #news - News
• #climate-change - The planet
• #boundless-void - For when you need to scream into a boundless void
• #random - Stuff and whatnot

Other channels can be found in the channel directory, found by clicking on the “Channels” title at the top of the channels list in the sidebar.

Privacy note

The email address associated with your Slack account is not public, but is technically accessible through Slack's administrator controls. Feel free to use (or change to) a pseudonymous email address if you wish to do so.