It makes logistical sense to keep it as a separate subforum for the same reason there are subforum categories for BP, IF, GW and the like though. Easy cataloguing and a simple to understand system for users interested in those different kinds of content. Kind of like how you have signs for different areas of a large building irl.
The "cancerous tumor" thing always to me seemed less like a problem with that section and more the problems people who aren't regular users of it have with it. People think it's /pol/ either because they don't go there, or because they're mid-far lefties who bristle at a boomercon saying boomercon shit. There's like two guys who are regulars there over 60 y/o ffs.
I’m probably not being clear enough. I don’t have an issue with A&N being a separate forum.
To keep my criticism constructive, here are a few thread trios that I like:
1) The Biden thread, the Trump thread, and the vaccine trashfire thread.
It might seem superficially strange to include the vaccine trashfire thread but whether or not you’re vaxxed usually breaks down along party lines. I know
@Null hates the vaccine thread but it’s a lot of fun for users that like a spectacle and gives team red and team blue a space to “own” each other. When Pissmaster and HHH are done slapfighting, or if one gets their feelings hurt, they can always retreat to the team red or team blue designated hugbox thread and not have to deal with the other user following them.
2) the pro-Russia, pro-Ukraine, and shambolic Gov’t debate threads.
Same concept as above. Each side has a hugbox and a thread where they can @ each other and have a slapfight.
Here are a few examples where there is room for improvement:
1) the man-hate and woman hate spin-offs lack a designated shitting street for slapfights. I think we could really cut down on the number of users following the beauty parlor ladies around if there was a designated thread for slapfights. This would also reduce the incel demand to shit up the man hate hugbox.
2)
@Freya has brought this up before but I believe the original intent of her feminism discussion thread was for the discussion to be lead by women, without moids shitting it up. I think the solution is to have a constructive feminism discussion thread (Freya’s thread), a feminism deconstruction thread for the chuds, and a mass debates feminism thread for slapfights.
I think this will allow for more “light touch” moderation, where posts can be moved and users can be asked to put their post in the appropriate place. Tard wrangling users is resource-intensive and only encourages them to make a million socks and shit up the forum even more.