# When threads don't fit perfectly in any forum, can there be a little more leeway? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 15, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617 "2024-02-15T18:57:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617/1 "2024-02-15T18:57:35Z")
Reference: [Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show! - #76](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show/996614/76) This thread is in Cafe Society, but it references a political comedy show. Because it’s a comedy show, Cafe Society makes sense; but because it’s so political, political commentary is appropriate. The thread is getting heavily moderated to remove political commentary. I’m wondering whether it’d be better to allow _relevant political commentary_ in that thread–i.e., to discuss how Stewart’s commentary on the election might affect the election. This is different from normal CS threads, where political commentary is off-limits, but I think it’d make most sense in this sort of thread. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617/2 "2024-02-15T19:41:11Z")
The OP chose to put that thread in Cafe Society (unless I missed where it got moved), and the original post wasn’t remotely political. So if there’s so much political commentary in that thread that it fits better in Politics & Elections, does that mean that it has drifted into being a fundamentally different kind of thread than the OP intended? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617/3 "2024-02-15T19:45:16Z")
I would put all Daily Show threads in the Politics and Elections forum. Especially in an election year. It’s hard to imagine any discussions of the Daily Show not becomiung pretty political, since that’s the whole point of the show. And anyone interested in the show is likely browsing P&E anyway. Otherwise, trying to police ‘political content’ from ‘content that’s political, but talked about in the context of an entertainment show’ seems pretty futile. Or maybe, if you want to discuss a comedian on the show, or production values, or Jon Stewart’s delivery, maybe just put “Daily Show (non-political)” in the title if it goes in Cafe society, then make any political commentary at all out of bounds in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617/4 "2024-02-15T19:56:29Z")
There is a P&E thread now and a Pit thread now. One thread in the Cafe to talk about the show and not politics needs to be allowed. So my answer to the OP, is no. If you want a politics thread put it in P&E. > [@Politics on The Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-on-the-daily-show/997619): > > I’m making a thread here because The Daily Show will be, for the rest of the year, a political program. The show is not about Jon Stewart and his return. He’s there only one day a week; if that’s all anybody watches that’s their loss. Jordan Klepper is the host the rest of this week and the other four correspondents apparently will take turns doing three-day stints - maybe in pairs as they did late last year. People are rightfully criticizing Jon for his glaring bothsiderism on Monday. I’m dism… Here is the Pit thread: > [@Jon Stewart - Return to the Daily Show - The Pit Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-return-to-the-daily-show-the-pit-edition/997614): > > Splitting off from a Cafe Society [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-returns-to-the-daily-show/996614/78). Jon Stewart is back on the Daily Show – Monday nights. His recent show took shots at both Biden and Trump – some would argue, in equal measure – for their cognitive status and abilities. Opinions … vary about whether or not Stewart did the right thing. Maybe this thread will ease the load on the other thread, and – more importantly – on our long-suffering moderators. So … let’s hear it?? ETA: The YouTube Vid of the show can be viewed [here (20min)](https://youtu.be/NpBPm0b9deQ?t=2). … ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-dont-fit-perfectly-in-any-forum-can-there-be-a-little-more-leeway/997617/5 "2024-02-15T20:14:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > There is a P&E thread now and a Pit thread now. > One thread in the Cafe to talk about the show and not politics needs to be allowed. > > So my answer to the OP, is no. Fair enough–I didn’t think it was appropriate for P&E, but if it is, that settles it. Thanks!