@Rich posted a question on another thread.
It has been my understanding that people are supposed to post a questions or discussions under a topic, then folks would discuss that topic within that thread.
The nice thing about that is that you can view things by subject that interest you and ignore subjects that don't. Personally, I have no interest in the childish banter ("I know you are, but what am I"), I have kids for that. Some folks seem to enjoy it, not trying to take that away.
The topic was, a guy asking for advice on converting to gas. If you guys want to have a conversation about spare parts for some boiler, or who has more experience, or whose body parts are larger, that's great but what does it have to do with the OP? There is nothing wrong with most of these dialogs, but again, don't make the OP and others sort through it to get answers to their questions.
I strongly feel that these side battles you guys like to engage in take a lot away from a site that I otherwise enjoy immensely. People just get turned off when their posts get hijacked. You see it all the time, folks either check out, or take the conversation off the forum. In the past I have done that, when the post gets all buggered up, you send the person a message and help them privately. This takes something away from the forum but the person still gets helped.
No, I have not been Deputized, I just believe that the intent of the feedback tabs is to enable the users to self police.
@Erin Holohan Haskell
Please correct Me if I have misunderstood the intent.
Also, What do you think of adding an "Off Topic" Category?
These threads that go astray could be split into two conversations?
Carl
It has been my understanding that people are supposed to post a questions or discussions under a topic, then folks would discuss that topic within that thread.
The nice thing about that is that you can view things by subject that interest you and ignore subjects that don't. Personally, I have no interest in the childish banter ("I know you are, but what am I"), I have kids for that. Some folks seem to enjoy it, not trying to take that away.
The topic was, a guy asking for advice on converting to gas. If you guys want to have a conversation about spare parts for some boiler, or who has more experience, or whose body parts are larger, that's great but what does it have to do with the OP? There is nothing wrong with most of these dialogs, but again, don't make the OP and others sort through it to get answers to their questions.
I strongly feel that these side battles you guys like to engage in take a lot away from a site that I otherwise enjoy immensely. People just get turned off when their posts get hijacked. You see it all the time, folks either check out, or take the conversation off the forum. In the past I have done that, when the post gets all buggered up, you send the person a message and help them privately. This takes something away from the forum but the person still gets helped.
No, I have not been Deputized, I just believe that the intent of the feedback tabs is to enable the users to self police.
@Erin Holohan Haskell
Please correct Me if I have misunderstood the intent.
Also, What do you think of adding an "Off Topic" Category?
These threads that go astray could be split into two conversations?
Carl