Originally Posted by ozstamps
I have posted many times that religion and politics can be vigorously discussed/debated/argued on 1000s of other BB's - all with varying moderation controls and policies. I just fail to see what either of these subjects has to do with Flyertalk.
The connection OMNI (and its sleazier dimensions of politics and religion) has with Flyertalk is that it keeps a group of people (even if a small minority of FTers) visiting FT more frequently than they would otherwise. As a consequence, we have marginally more participants with substantive travel knowledge lingering online to help inform, clarify, assist and/or enjoy the airline/hotel game in the company of fellow FTers.