I had noticed that this discussion:
The myth of the migrant crime wave – BNR (breakingnewsandreligion.online)
utilized an old new article dated March 1.
I pointed this out to a moderator and was told that I should come here and whine.
But I’m not here to whine.
Rather I have a suggestion.
Why confine article selection for discussion to being 2 days old? Let anything of any age hit “Breaking News”. If it is beyond the current 2 day old window let it stay up for an agreed upon amount of time and see how many comments it gets. Then, if it doesn’t hit an agreed upon number of comments it gets closed.
This new approach would enable more discussion. It would also free moderators from the complicated task of checking the dates of the articles used for the discussions.
And that’s a win, win.