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Post by jody on Sept 30, 2012 22:05:55 GMT 10
The reason I ask is we have had members complain in the past when non news items have been posted on the General Board.
There are a number of special interests boards to cover many non news topics so please vote....let your opinion be known.
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Post by slartibartfast on Sept 30, 2012 23:06:31 GMT 10
Who determines what is "News"?
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Post by jody on Sept 30, 2012 23:08:21 GMT 10
I would assume "news" is what is in the newspapers, news items on the net or on news programs on tv. Local, national and international happenings that have people talking.
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Post by slartibartfast on Sept 30, 2012 23:10:26 GMT 10
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Post by Salem on Sept 30, 2012 23:13:27 GMT 10
I just hope threads that become a mini-board of their own like KTJ's Mark Morford ones are kept on Chit Chat. Also it should be against rules to bump threads that are months old with a cartoon.
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Post by jody on Sept 30, 2012 23:15:57 GMT 10
Salem...it's easy enough to just ignore the thread. It is only one thread. Would you prefer KTJ post a new thread each time or keep it all on one thread?
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Post by Salem on Sept 30, 2012 23:28:57 GMT 10
Its just that his Morford articles aren't news, its more like gossip and special interest, and he could have that thread on chit chat where I think it belongs. With the cartoon thing, I'm not the only one that was annoyed with his spamming threads with cartoons on the old board. Sometimes I'd see a thread on the war or on politcs or something, only to see the last post was back in May, and KTJ posted a cartoon several months later, bumping the thread but adding nothing at all to the topic. I've often clicked on topics to find just a cartoon posted by him. Its very frustrating, and you don't know it until you click on it.
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Post by jody on Sept 30, 2012 23:30:58 GMT 10
There are members who enjoy reading the Mark Morford articles and because they are newspaper and news website articles I guess they can be considered news. lets just wait and see what happens with this poll.
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Post by slartibartfast on Sept 30, 2012 23:53:02 GMT 10
The Mark Morford stuff was commentary on current news.
No problems with that.
Is posting comments from Islamist websites news here?
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Post by jody on Sept 30, 2012 23:56:42 GMT 10
I would think it could cause a lot of controversy.
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Post by slartibartfast on Oct 1, 2012 7:27:41 GMT 10
How would you describe Jihad Watch which skippy loved?
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Post by jody on Oct 1, 2012 7:44:33 GMT 10
Sorry Slarti but I rarely took notice of where links came from. I won't deny I didn't spend a lot of reading those type of threads. If I got complaints from anyone, I would read the post complained about and if I felt it needed to be edited or removed I would.
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Post by slartibartfast on Oct 1, 2012 19:41:34 GMT 10
It just showed the mentality of the poster.
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Post by jody on Oct 4, 2012 8:58:41 GMT 10
well seems it is a tie so far.
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Post by fat on Nov 10, 2012 1:27:38 GMT 10
What will be will be - if you tie yourself in knots trying to regulate (and follow every whim of complainants) it will cease to be a happy place.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2012 6:24:02 GMT 10
What will be will be - if you tie yourself in knots trying to regulate (and follow every whim of complainants) it will cease to be a happy place. Exactly.....the late Dr Jack had it right: anarchy. The big problem was that some people had thin skins and were always running off to the service provider (MSN back then) telling tales. |
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Post by jody on Nov 10, 2012 8:25:34 GMT 10
I think its all going well. We've had a few hiccups with a couple of people baiting and biting but that is normal for these groups. Not normal for everyone to get along swimmingly and I for one don't expect it.
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Post by pim on Nov 10, 2012 10:51:27 GMT 10
I just hope threads that become a mini-board of their own like KTJ's Mark Morford ones are kept on Chit Chat. Also it should be against rules to bump threads that are months old with a cartoon. There's an easy way round that one, if I may be permitted to offer a modest proposal: remember the "Buzz's Bullshit" board on Megan's NTB? Why not have a dedicated KTJs Bullshit board and all of his spam just gets re-routed there? I just noticed slarti's excellent point about Skippy's "Jihad Watch" spam and all that stuff he posts from that expat Yank dude. What's his name? Muehlenberg or something. So maybe we shouldn't call it "KTJs Bullshit" but just "Spam". Have a "Spam" board. |
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