Dear site owners... US politics...?

You all could always start something like "The ATS Challenge", which could be any of these things:

1) As many of you can, go find old threads on subjects that are a) Not about Trump, and b) Not about politics, and bump those threads by making a comment after reading them. Unlike some discussion boards, we never close a thread down because it's old (we do have a page limit though). Enough of you do this and you might generate discussions in those threads again.

2) Tell us about it all again: while we do have a strict policy of "No Duplicate Threads", with some exceptions, we do allow people to make threads on things if the original threads are many months or years old. If you're unsure, a quick PM to any of us on staff will get you an answer. Sometimes we get fresh perspective on something after a lot of time has passed, or you may have thought of something that wasn't discussed before. So yes, repeats are okay in a lot of cases.

3) Be The Change You Want ATS To Be: I know it's said a lot, but it's absolutely true. ATS is USER generated content. If you're not generating content, then you are stuck with what others are writing about. If all anyone is writing about is politics and Trump, then WYSIWYG (What You See, Is What You Get). I see a lot of people here upset about what there is to read as far as recent threads go, but I'm also seeing two other things: You're not adding something different and, some of you are posting in the very threads you're complaining about which keeps them going. Even if you don't want to create new threads, if you stop posting in the political threads, and try to only post in threads who's subject interests you, then you're still helping add content to ATS.

I do get where some are coming from when they say they do not want to see ATS flooded with Trump threads and political threads, and that just ignoring them is hard. As a staff member, I see things you all do not: Complaints, Alerts, staff discussion on things. If I log off ATS and "lurk" instead, I don't see those, and it does make a difference.

You want more UFO threads? Okay, make them! Can't find new UFO stuff to talk about? Okay, go find an old UFO thread that you liked and post in it, bumping it to where others can see it on the Fire Hose. Found an old UFO thread who's subject interests you and you have a different view on it you'd like to discuss? Again, no problem, make a new thread on that same subject, as long as the original thread is several months old to years old, it won't be a problem. Write about that subject again.

There are many, many new members who may never have seen some of the old threads and old subjects. There is absolutely NO HARM in bringing them up again.

So you're tired of Trump threads? Tired of political threads? Stop posting in them. Change the channel to something else on here and post in THAT.

So can any of you meet that "ATS Challenge" ?