I know this is gonna be a controversial topic, but as a Spaniard, it really bothers me that in the "Country" section we have regional flags. And it bother me for 2 reasons:
- First off, the most obvious, you have a USA flag, you don't have a Texas or California or New York state flag, so why have regional flags for Spain when, no matter how sensitive and hurtful the topic may be, there are no regions in Spain officially recognized as independent countries.
- The second thing is why certain regional flags? You know, I'm from southern Spain, a beautiful region called Andalusia. I haven't seen my regional flag here. So why this double standard?
I truly believe it creates unnecessary controversy. If we're meaning countries, then let's stick to official countries. I had to get this off my chest.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/countries-and-profile
This has been brought up multiple times. CEO Erik answered in the above thread.
we aren't an official repository for defining countries or nations.
we allow people to choose their identity and offer as many options as reasonable. sometimes this causes problems when there are disputed countries. but we aren't picking sides - we're a chess site trying to make people happy. we encourage people to resolve their differences in the appropriate political venues, not on our site.
enjoy!
I know this is gonna be a controversial topic, but as a Spaniard, it really bothers me that in the "Country" section we have regional flags. And it bother me for 2 reasons:
I truly believe it creates unnecessary controversy. If we're meaning countries, then let's stick to official countries. I had to get this off my chest.