Belfast wrote:
If only people observed the "honor system" of not hijacking each others' threads in directions that prevent others from wanting to continue posting. Not against personality differences-just wish people who want to be silly & those who want to be serious would respect each other's threads. Ought every new thread have disclaimer (to prevent members feeling infringed upon) in title saying "if you're silly don't post here" or "if you're serious, don't post here" ?
Sometimes, seriousness is contained in
what appear to be jokes.
Moreover, on the issue of any such disclaimer,
won't these be used for other discriminations
as well then? If you are not Christian, don't post
here, comes to mind.
Threads are public discourse. Not a means of publishing
one viewpoint. If the site undertook a strict policy towards
threads remaining on topic, that would be one thing, but
that doesn't seem to be alex's intention (for which I'm glad);
rather, they ebb and flow like a natural conversation.