Comments On Keeping Threads On Track

MrCC · 04-09-2005, 05:15 PM

I think it's a non-issue as long as people can get along. Being critical of someone elses posts seems to me to do much more damage to the community than if several slightly off topic posts are in the middle of a thread.

For example if someone starts a topic that says "I like Artist A" and someone posts "I like Artist A, but Artist B is better." Then someone else says "Artist A and B are OK, but I really like to wear women's clothing and hang around in bars." Now clearly that's only partly off topic since the artists are mentioned, but where's the harm if there are a few people comment on wearing women's clothing as long as the whole topic does not become a cross dressing discussion? If it does then we might want a single post by the mods in the thread saying "Gee, I think this might be getting a little off topic. Please bring the conversation back to the topic of this thread. Thanks." I've not seem any cases where that didn't work in these forums. Any comments should come from a moderators either in the thread or via PM.

I think we can work this out without saying that one person or another is the cause of threads going off track. In the example above who is at fault? First of all who cares, but it's not the first person to mentioned women's clothing. It's probably the fault of everybody who commented after that. Calling one or more of them "spammer" would be like insulting them for having an opinion. You should be able to post a comment or two to an off topic comment without having to start a new thread. If you get ten comments in a row that are all off topic and never mention the original thread then there is certainly enough interest in that side topic to start a new thread.

Anyway those are my opinions.

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04-09-2005, 05:15 PM	#1
MrCC JKF Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The World Jewel Forum Posts: 839 Rep Power: 0	I think it's a non-issue as long as people can get along. Being critical of someone elses posts seems to me to do much more damage to the community than if several slightly off topic posts are in the middle of a thread. For example if someone starts a topic that says "I like Artist A" and someone posts "I like Artist A, but Artist B is better." Then someone else says "Artist A and B are OK, but I really like to wear women's clothing and hang around in bars." Now clearly that's only partly off topic since the artists are mentioned, but where's the harm if there are a few people comment on wearing women's clothing as long as the whole topic does not become a cross dressing discussion? If it does then we might want a single post by the mods in the thread saying "Gee, I think this might be getting a little off topic. Please bring the conversation back to the topic of this thread. Thanks." I've not seem any cases where that didn't work in these forums. Any comments should come from a moderators either in the thread or via PM. I think we can work this out without saying that one person or another is the cause of threads going off track. In the example above who is at fault? First of all who cares, but it's not the first person to mentioned women's clothing. It's probably the fault of everybody who commented after that. Calling one or more of them "spammer" would be like insulting them for having an opinion. You should be able to post a comment or two to an off topic comment without having to start a new thread. If you get ten comments in a row that are all off topic and never mention the original thread then there is certainly enough interest in that side topic to start a new thread. Anyway those are my opinions. :lovejkf: :lalala: :lovejkf: :lalala: :lovejkf: :lalala: :lovejkf: __________________ Mike