/r/California_Politics
A place for news and discussion about politics in the Golden State, with more politics than r/Golden_State and more r/California than /r/politics. Be sure to read the Community Standards and Submissions Scope.
A place for news and discussion about politics in the Golden State, with more politics than r/Golden_State and more r/California than /r/politics. Be sure to read the Community Standards and Submissions Scope.
1. Civility
No Racism, sexism, ageism, and other forms of bigotry. No hate speech, slurs, overly obscene, pejorative name-calling, vulgar, or abusive language. This includes usernames, and violations of this this will result in an automatic ban. Our commitment to civil discourse is one of the core principles, and we do not make any exceptions from this rule.
2. Topical
Content must be explicitly related to Californian politics. This includes the interaction of federal and state politics, as well as the state's congressional delegation. Local politics are permissible if they would reasonably be of interest to a statewide audience. The subject of discussion on is never the conduct or motives of another user but is always about the substance of what people are saying.
3. Sourced
Statements of fact should be clearly associated with a supporting source. Stating it is your opinion that something is true does not absolve the necessity of sourcing that claim. If you're claiming something to be true, you need to back it up by linking to a supporting, qualified source and quoting the relevant section. There is no "common knowledge" exception, and anecdotal evidence is not allowed.
4. Respectful
Please leave out any content which are intentionally disparaging to individuals, groups of people, or could be construed to be effectively an insult to an entire class of people. Any language which a reasonable observer would conclude disparages another user in any way is considered a violation of this rule. Demeaning language, rudeness or hostility towards another user will get your comment removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban.
5. Specific
Name the specific individual or the specific group who said, or did, the thing. No lay speculation about groups of people such as "people on the left/democrats/the media". If something is being talked about a lot, it should be easy to find articles talking about it.
6. Quality
A submission should not consist only of a joke, a humorous remark, or a flippant comment. You can certainly include humor as part of a full and comprehensive post, but your post should not be made solely for the purpose of being funny. This especially includes low quality snide comments. We do not allow naked expressions of opinion, low effort comments, sarcasm, jokes, memes, off-topic replies, or comments about source quality.
7. Enforcement
Comments that break the Subreddit Rules should be reported, and shall not be replied to. Replying with a rule violating comment of your own will just get both of them removed and makes that much more work for the mod team. Comments in reply to rule violations may also be removed in order to encourage reporting of violations, rather than participation in said violations.
8. Knowledge
Users are expected to have already read and understand the rules before contributing.
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California Politics: Where Diversity of Thought Meets the Complexity of Governance! - December 01, 2024
#INTRODUCTION
r/California_Politics is a political discussion sub for the news and discussion about politics in the Golden State, with more politics than /r/California, and more California than /r/Politics. The Community Standards are still as always.
#PURPOSE OF GENERAL CHAT
Normally this subreddit is setup to address the political and social issues that divide our state and dominate our social media feeds. The purpose of this very different thread is to trial a space for community members to talk about more than just our state politics.
We hope that we can help encourage community participants to find a way past the ideological differences that frequently appear in the comments and share more about the California they experience every week. For many participants, the issues that occur every week are personal, and a general chat is a space for folks to acknowledge how their lived experiences shape their points of view.
In this thread you can talk about any variety of politics, Ukraine, subreddit polls, surveys and predictions, your vacation, your pets, your latest hiking adventure, or tell us about your day, or almost anything under the overcast skies. Just have fun, be kind, remember the human and model the kind of civil, productive discussion we are hoping to have here on a regular basis.
#2024 General Election
The last day to register to vote for the November 5, 2024, General Election is October 21, 2024. Don't Delay, Vote Today! Early vote-by-mail ballot voting period is from October 7 through November 5, 2024. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 5, 2024, Election Day!
- All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election.
- Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots by October 7, 2024.
Ballot drop-off locations open on October 8, 2024.
- Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office.
- Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties beginning on October 26, 2024.
- Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day and received by November 12, 2024.
#CaliforniaPolicy
Political policy, not partisanship, should be the backbone of our states politics. With that in mind, a college student created r/CaliforniaPolicy and I was happy to help moderate their subreddit. It appears however that their school project has ended. We will continue to crosspost content we feel would be of interest to this community.
#Context Added
A new report reason was added for submissions. Community members can now report submissions they feel need the "Context Added" flag added to content. In addition users can submit their own context via the existing "Message the Moderators" tool. While a report will not guarantee that context will be added to the submission it does provide for better tracking and trending of reports. With better data we can determine appropriate steps to help the community safeguard itself.
But how will it work?
When moderators add a context flair to a submission, there should be a sticky comment containing background info, sourced from independent third-party sources, to give more context on the topic. Moderators will not be endorsing any of the info shown in sticky comment, but simply relay third party information to add context and promote discussion.
#Raising Unpopular Topics
The moderation team is trialing a new rule to elevate heavily downvoted but appropriate content to announcement status temporarily. By elevating heavily downvoted but appropriate content, the moderation team hopes to counteract vote manipulation and promote diverse viewpoints. Overall, this rule has the potential to be a positive force in the subreddit by ensuring that all voices are heard and that the discussion remains focused on the merits of the arguments, rather than on popularity contests.
#Auto Moderator & Account / Karma Filtering
The team still strongly feels that hand crafted moderation is the ideal to shoot for, as we want a hands on approach to creating an inclusive environment where people can discuss California's political ideas. That said, we will continue focusing on using auto moderator to filter our slurs, bigoted slang, and pejorative-name calling. In addition, we'll be using it to filter out content from new accounts within 45 days and accounts with less than 100 karma.
#POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Just a reminder that we should all advocate for truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, and reason as essential to the integrity of communication. Participants in this subreddit should be willing to endorse freedom of expression, diversity of perspective, and tolerance of dissent to achieve the informed and responsible decision making fundamental to a civil society.
Thank you again everyone.
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