I am not against the odd off-topic post but when people come from other forums and fill up half a page of trivial, off-topic and personal stuff at a time it is getting to be a bit much.
Off-topic posts
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"Off topic" can be rather hard to define, sometimes as some topics have many ramifications not to mention the odd word of greeting to someone you are familiar with or haven't heard from in awhile- speaking for myself I was off the forums for awhile but now I'm back and just renewing old acquaintances. I agree it's certainly in bad taste to type 10 pages about something completely unrelated. Sometimes as I've noticed in other forums you get situations where two or three people think they "own" the forum and make the rules. As far as I know all forums are public domain and open to anyone who is not abusive.
Yeah, I've noticed a recent influx of posters from canada.com...something about that forum being broken or such...
Which is ok, they seem to be quite intelligent, and have something worthwhile to say...
But I have to agree that the mid-thread, off-topic chit chat is a bit annoying...
Private messaging has been implemented on this forum for a reason, dammit...:angry3:
Brrrrr! It's sure cold out there! It took me five minutes to shake the snow off my boots and defrost my glasses! Is this the "Jesus" thread?
PS
Can one be off-topic in an "Off Topic" thread?
PS
Can one be off-topic in an "Off Topic" thread?
Yep, Sir Rupe and I had a couple of words about the format of the forum (for one I was asking how to start a new thread) and a couple of "remarks" were passed. No big deal.
I agree that bringing a thread off-topic is extremely annoying and has an effect on the quality of the discussion about such a topic. That's why when I redesigned the forum, I added "write on wall" to the post. If you really want to greet somebody, somebody's wall is the perfect place. Alternatively, you can post a thread about something or somebody (if you have something nice to say) in the lounge.
I like parsnips.
When i was a kid I used to hate parsnips but my grandad told me my hair would cur if i ate up my parsnips and thus began a long and beautiful relationship....
When i was a kid I used to hate parsnips but my grandad told me my hair would cur if i ate up my parsnips and thus began a long and beautiful relationship....
A bit racist there, you and those parsnips!! Go ahead, deny it.
Now, my dog ate carrots, and it's fur turned red.
Top that topic off topic.
or not
8O
Now, my dog ate carrots, and it's fur turned red.
Top that topic off topic.
or not
8O
Parsnips could grow on a golf course; in general, they don't. But, in Bermuda, feral chickens grace the links. Triangulation, I think.
Of course. If the off-topic thread doesn't fit in to the scope of other sub-forums, and it gets posted here, that doesn't make it a free-for-all.
If the off topic thread is about subject X, and I bust in going on about subjects Y, Z, A and B, then I'm pretty much off-topic in an off-topic thread, no?
:lol:
Now, suppose the off-topic thread were about off-topic posts. Could an off-topic post in the thread on off-topic posts in the off-topic category be off topic?
Whoops, i cut myself shaving, anyone have a topical dressing?
Whoops, i cut myself shaving, anyone have a topical dressing?
Of course. Talking about the war in Afghanistan for instance would not be talking about off topic posts. :lol:
Evolution of threads is fine, but interjecting completely unrelated matter is poor netiquette. It's like spam.