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smitcompton|1485198557|4118609 said:At the time that political posts were allowed back on Hangout, Hangout itself was faltering. It is my supposition(aka, Sherlock). that the reintroduction of political threads was made to reinvigorate hangout. I seem to remember the thanks that Andrey got for this move. My feeling is they thought to give it try. I think if they withdraw politics from hangout, it will not suddenly flourish with a new wave of old and new posters, but will revert back to a sparse choice of topics and posters. Only a few people post new topics.The complainers could always start new topics , but magically think they will just appear.
I do not have any inside knowledge about the motivation of Andrey or his team in deciding to allow politics back into the mainstream. You may be right. I think your observation about how Hangout now functions is correct, however. Also astute. But there is really no way to know. Perhaps if all the political threads were to be removed, a new atmosphere would motivate people to post new threads now. It isn't up to me to say, that's for sure.
