I think the new moderator should not be removing political posts at all. Most political posts even if they are crazy talk usually have some substance about them. I am talking about the posts which are like "+1", "I agree" and then off topic posts. There was one thread which I reported which was just posting links that had nothing to do with the original topic. Some of the posts were removed and some have been left unhandled.

I think its possible to get a moderator to moderate the board but I understand hilariousetc reply about the moderator being targeted even if they are doing a good job. Maybe we can get a dedicated moderator without listing them as such since listing them would probably paint a target on their back. I do not know how many members report in the board but its one of those places that does have a bit of spam even if they are not the most serious issues like plagiarism but it does make it annoying to read sometimes.

I don't mind the opposite sides coming up with ludicrous claims that is not an issue and is entertaining at times. Its the really spammy replies and the clearly off topic responses. The thing we have in P&S is there is a lot of members which have a hostile relationship against each other which is expected because of the nature of politics but they follow each other around in different topics and talk about unrelated topics which derails the topic that is some of the examples I have seen in just the past few week but P&S is probably my most read board on the forum even when I am not logged in I visit the board.

I do not want to bump that topic again and that is why I have opened another one. I am all for getting one of the higher reporters on that list a chance to clean up a little of the needed stuff as I know global mods are handling the more serious issues there but it would be nice to remove some of the less serious but annoying things like off topic and spam.