A discussion with rules
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A discussion with rules
How about these for rules on a discussion?:
1:There are no rules 2:Please observe rule 1 3:Suggestions are welcome
I don't mean to disrespect the efforts made by moderators and site designers to improve this site, I like this site as it is but just tell me how can a new topic be raised if it appears to the engine to be too similar to a previous post simply because some of the words match in the title? And how can any software ever be expected to recognize the difference in meaning between two titles when the main difference is related to context?
If people didn't digress and extrapolate then many of the posts on this site would never have been posted.
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Re: A discussion with rules
I think even there are similar topics, it should be a new thread if the previous threads are more than 3 months old.BelieveNothing wrote:This forum is a little restrictive about how posts are constructed and a lot of subject matter has already been touched upon leaving new topics more and more limited as regards the chosen title because many keywords are already used in earlier posts.
How about these for rules on a discussion?:
1:There are no rules 2:Please observe rule 1 3:Suggestions are welcome
I don't mean to disrespect the efforts made by moderators and site designers to improve this site, I like this site as it is but just tell me how can a new topic be raised if it appears to the engine to be too similar to a previous post simply because some of the words match in the title? And how can any software ever be expected to recognize the difference in meaning between two titles when the main difference is related to context?
If people didn't digress and extrapolate then many of the posts on this site would never have been posted.
After all disk space is no issue these days.
Anyone who is serious enough can read up the old threads -some may stretch to 50 pages.
I don't find old threads appealing to response to.
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Re: A discussion with rules
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Re: A discussion with rules
I had suggested a while back that a special forum be created that is (relatively) free from the rules and restrictions of the other forums on this site. At the time, it seemed to be a rather unpopular idea. Perhaps if it is the case that a large enough group of the members of this site request such a thing then it might come to pass.
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Re: A discussion with rules
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Re: A discussion with rules
Perhaps having a forum for such childish incredibly insulting nonsense which is entirely separate from the other forums will draw it all away from the forums where people are trying to have serious discussions.Scott wrote:When actual discussion is present, it's just silly incredibly insulting and vulgar flame wars between people who at least act like 12 year olds.
Would it not give them an outlet to vent their frustrations elsewhere and help to maintain proper focus in the official forums?
There doesn't have to be a complete lack of rules, but perhaps just a highly relaxed version of the current rules so that members can speak their mind freely yet not without at least a minimum degree of restraint.
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Re: A discussion with rules
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Re: A discussion with rules
Could we call it the Arthur Debate Forum?Spiral Out wrote:Perhaps having a forum for such childish incredibly insulting nonsense which is entirely separate from the other forums will draw it all away from the forums where people are trying to have serious discussions.Scott wrote:When actual discussion is present, it's just silly incredibly insulting and vulgar flame wars between people who at least act like 12 year olds.
Would it not give them an outlet to vent their frustrations elsewhere and help to maintain proper focus in the official forums?
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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Re: A discussion with rules
You could set it up so that the posts only exist until the end of the week, or the end of the day.
You could warn users of the forum content and make it viewable only to members, or to members who've made some minimum number of posts.
What are your concerns?
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Re: A discussion with rules
1. I'm not sure I want these people who wish to resort to personal attacks and ad hominem arguments to join my site at all.
2. While it seems little appreciated, I do take pride in protecting my members from being berated, insulted and ridiculed even in the off-topic section. I really hate the idea that I could encourage someone to join who has a very unpopular idea who argues as reasonably they can for that unpopular idea following the forum rules in the regular forum but who then is the victim of an onslaught of personal attacks and insults and ridicule in the other forum.
3. Many of the other rules are often what really bugs new members and might still need to be enforced: like no spam and no flooding. We might find this ruleless forum becomes a place to discuss the allegedly best viagra websites.
4. I'd still be responsible for the forum and have to moderate it for legal things like copyright infringement or violent threats as that is not up to me.
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