Thoughts on ningmasters

Does anyone else think that the homepage might become biased? I know that the vast majority of the ning is Liberal, but the homepage shouldn't totally be left-wing. There should be a healthy mix as not to upset any nerdfighters who aren't a member of the Democratic party. Conservatives and Independents should have a place too. I'm not saying it should be totally right-wing either. Just a happy medium. Same goes for religon. I've noticed a schisim between Atheists and Christians on the forums, and I don't want that to carry onto the homepage. If there are too many views and belifs from one religon, it will upset Nerdfighters who belong to other groups. I fully support the idea of ningmasters, but I sincerly hope that John and Hank will take this into consideration and pick ningmasters from every group.

(Remember, this is just my opinion and feel free to disagree. =])

Tags: atheist, biased, christian, ningmasters, opinion, politics, religon

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Comment by Matt on February 14, 2009 at 7:55pm: @ Greg and Jennifer

I LOVE SXEPhil! His blatant sarcasm is awesome and I tend to agree with him on a lot of things. Plus he generally finds interesting stories and douchebags of the day.

Comment by m1ch43l on February 14, 2009 at 12:14pm: yay my thoughts exactly!

Comment by Kayla on February 11, 2009 at 8:41pm: HOLY WORD I PROBABLY CANT SAY ON HERE!!!!!!!!

Comment by Jenn on February 3, 2009 at 8:02am: @ Greg
"You can't be a nerd fighter if you watch SXEPhil." Actually, sxephil is pretty much a Nerdfighter and he brought many of his viewers to the Vlogbrothers.
But that aside, I agree with you. I've also seen people have specific definitions on what a nerd or Nerdfighter is, when in actuality, that's only one person's opinion. It's quite unfair.

Comment by John Green on January 29, 2009 at 9:54am: I'm not worried about bias because I don't think we'll be featuring a lot of politicized content. (i.e., there is no bias when it comes to putting things on your head or dressing up like a giant peep and handing out peeps on street corners and etc.) But I'll trust you to keep us honest! -John

Comment by Greg Sadler on January 27, 2009 at 9:22pm: This is a very good point. It strikes me that the point of 'Nerdfighters' is to be an inclusive group. To welcome everyone. But I see lots of people often defining Nerd Fighters exclusively. You can't be a nerd fighter if you drive a v8. You can't be a nerd fighter if you think global warming isn't the most pressing issue of our time. You can't be a nerd fighter if you watch SXEPhil. You can't be a nerd fighter if you support the war in Iraq... etc etc

I think that's the wrong way to go about nerd fighting. The problem is that Hank and John are also into being informed, opinionated and active. They want people to know about conflict in Dafaur and care about it. And, if we're being both opinionated and inclusive - we have a problem.

I think the solution is simply to have a thick skin. If someone has a different opinion, have a debate with them. If someone thinks you're wrong, don't get upset. Perhaps convince them that you're actually correct. And certainly don't say 'think X or you're not a real nerd fighter'.

So I think the front-page and forums just need to reflect the debate if there is one. My real worry with Ningmasters, as with any moderator, is that they'll become scared of robust conversation. If people are having a tussle over one of these issue, they need to be allowed to go for it. Stop a robust debate only if it degenerates into personal insults.