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[HaughtyFrank]

B-Dubs are you able to elaborate on why the thread was made private? As Richter pointed out, this thread is a good resource for news about the ongoing war and conflict.

It is, but it is also a thread that draws in tons and tons of troll accounts that cause trouble in this thread and across the site and has a bunch of people we banned ages ago causing trouble and affecting what goes on here. If a simple adjustment fixes all those issues at once and doesn't affect our members in the slightest, why would we not make that change? Our primary goal in moderating this thread is for it to be informative and inclusive. It being public makes those objectives harder, and, frankly, I'm not sure you guys understand what a mental strain moderating a thread on a topic like this is. So if this makes everything better and easier to handle, it only makes sense to do.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-ongoing-israel-palestine-conflict-news-thread-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/post-115688952

"Making the thread private prevents people who already have an account from posting"