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What should be done about Off Topic?

Started by hgjs, April 14, 2007, 04:12:29 PM

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O'Borg

#135
April 23, 2007, 06:43:51 AM
Quote from: ZalmoxisI say keep the off-topic forum, for the same reason why you keep a trash can in your house.

To continue your analogy, you also empty a trash can when it gets full. And some things are so disgusing you don't bother with the trash can but throw them straight into the dumpster outside.
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Kyle Aaron

#136
April 23, 2007, 09:07:33 AM
Quote from: O'BorgTo continue your analogy, you also empty a trash can when it gets full. And some things are so disgusing you don't bother with the trash can but throw them straight into the dumpster outside.
Or if your trash can gets infested with roaches...

See, the forum isn't your home. It's entirely electronic. Trash can simply be deleted. Piff! Gone in a little cloud of electrons. No more! We don't have to keep our electronic trash.
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JongWK

#137
April 23, 2007, 07:03:02 PM
Why not just deleting all the existing OT threads, then regularly (say, once every couple of weeks) do the same?
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James McMurray

#138
April 24, 2007, 10:27:33 AM
Will you also be banning people from restarting the conversations that were cut off in mid stream become some moderator decided they were tired of reading about it?

O'Borg

#139
April 24, 2007, 10:36:53 AM
Quote from: James McMurrayWill you also be banning people from restarting the conversations that were cut off in mid stream become some moderator decided they were tired of reading about it?

Nah, bannings too good for them, the bastards! :mad:
 
 
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I don't think it's going to hurt much if threads that have been inactive for a week or four get nuked into oblivion, but at the same time I can't see an awful lot of point to it, other than stopping people scrolling back through years worth of old OT posts and resurrecting stuff.
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Balbinus

#140
April 25, 2007, 11:32:14 AM
I've changed my mind, not that it matters, but I now say nuke it from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.

Thanatos02

#141
April 27, 2007, 02:58:22 AM
Quote from: James McMurrayWill you also be banning people from restarting the conversations that were cut off in mid stream become some moderator decided they were tired of reading about it?
Mostly, people will be too lazy to restart them, unless it's about Nox or rpg.net.
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James McMurray

#142
April 27, 2007, 10:22:41 AM
So you're saying the two topics that make OT a cess pool will be the two topics that are constantly restarted, while good conversations will be killed before their time?

No thanks.
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