--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't really mind if your definition of what
is
> on-topic varies from mine. But I do mildly
object
> to
> your repeated censuring of what I and several
others
> (many of them long-time members) do find
on-topic.
> I
> have made an attempt to keep the topic in
the
> subject
> line, even as it shifts. I humbly request that
you
> simply don't read them.
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I have to agree with Miker here. This rigid concept of what
is "on topic" and what is "off topic" is crippling to real
communication, which any board is about. Like real-life
conversations, these threads twist and turn. If you find one
going on a tangent that doesn't interest you, stop reading
it. I do all the time. But yelling "fowl" and "off topic"
inspires post like this which really are off topic but need
to be said.
If someone jumps into the middle of a thread trying to sell
their book or their car or their refrigerator, that's off
topic and they should be and will be shut down. But if a
conversation veers in a direction which is less interesting
to you, roll with it. There've got to be 15 threads here
running all the time. Some other thread will have interest
for you. Please don't inhibit our conversations. You can
alway, yourself, bring them back to the course you're
interested in with a pertinent comment. Censorship is a
bore.
Patrick King
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