However, a politics forum could still be useful in saving the off-topic forum. 95% of the hidden posts have to do with politics. If all of that was piled into one location, off-topic might be bearable.
so basically it is all about saving the off topic forum, right? why dont you just evolve this idea and suggest a forum for shit chat or a troll forum. I wonder how that would work out ... it would be pretty awesome if this would be vastly used and save the overall forum quality. =D maybe you could hide the entire forum from the forum list. great idea guys! =)