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IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section?
PlainName:
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 05:57:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 05:52:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 05:49:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 01:39:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 12:17:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 12:12:33 pm ---People's stated gender when registering no doubt bears as much relation to reality as their username or location.
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Mine is accurate, as is that of everyone I personally know here. Ascribing levels of truthfulness/disclosure to people you don't know is pure and irrelevant speculation.
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You really are Mr AVGResponding? Or is that your first name?
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Closer than yours is, at a guess. It's fair to say however, that I should have clarified that I was referring to location and gender, more than real name.
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Are you, perchance, ascribing a level of truthfulness to my info despite knowing nothing whatsoever about me or that info? Isn't that irrelevant speculation?
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As I said, it's a guess, and informed by how close I happen to know my forum name is to my real one. And yes, it is irrelevant speculation; I was however merely trying to clarify my position to you.
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I wonder, then, why my informed guess was somehow worth making a song and dance about. The info posted cannot be trusted (a self-evident fact) so what you kicked up a fuss about was merely what the actual true to false ratio is. Pedantically, it doesn't matter: either it is reliable or it is not, and it is clearly not.
Having said that, I would agree that ratio of male to female would still be skewed heavily to male, but I wonder why you could not just point that out instead of trying to make out I was somehow fibbing, simply because your limited experience didn't allow for the possibility.
AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 06:09:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 05:57:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 05:52:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 05:49:36 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 01:39:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on September 09, 2022, 12:17:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 09, 2022, 12:12:33 pm ---People's stated gender when registering no doubt bears as much relation to reality as their username or location.
--- End quote ---
Mine is accurate, as is that of everyone I personally know here. Ascribing levels of truthfulness/disclosure to people you don't know is pure and irrelevant speculation.
--- End quote ---
You really are Mr AVGResponding? Or is that your first name?
--- End quote ---
Closer than yours is, at a guess. It's fair to say however, that I should have clarified that I was referring to location and gender, more than real name.
--- End quote ---
Are you, perchance, ascribing a level of truthfulness to my info despite knowing nothing whatsoever about me or that info? Isn't that irrelevant speculation?
--- End quote ---
As I said, it's a guess, and informed by how close I happen to know my forum name is to my real one. And yes, it is irrelevant speculation; I was however merely trying to clarify my position to you.
--- End quote ---
I wonder, then, why my informed guess was somehow worth making a song and dance about. The info posted cannot be trusted (a self-evident fact) so what you kicked up a fuss about was merely what the actual true to false ratio is. Pedantically, it doesn't matter: either it is reliable or it is not, and it is clearly not.
Having said that, I would agree that ratio of male to female would still be skewed heavily to male, but I wonder why you could not just point that out instead of trying to make out I was somehow fibbing, simply because your limited experience didn't allow for the possibility.
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I never at any point implied, inferred, or insinuated that you were fibbing. I merely pointed out that all the people I know personally here, are accurately described in terms of gender and location in their profiles.
Unless the people I know are outliers, then it seems likely the general membership is not grossly different.
pcprogrammer:
All nice and dandy, but it is this kind of "bickering" that f.. ups things. If not done about it start a new thread to fight it out, but lets go back on what this thread is about. And yes I know I started the side note, but also tried to steer it back on course a couple of times.
As to what "m k" wrote, what just happened somewhat proofs his point.
But I feel that it should be possible to have a section where self moderation can keep things in check when it is not made easy for trouble makers to join in. So visible to members only to not attract attention from the outside world, and at least the 50 posts in the electronics section Dave mentioned to get access.
Then this section can house threads like the "Gas Armageddon" that contain tainted off topic posts.
To allow for the different hobbies it can have sub boards like the Computers section.
Lets at least have a proper discussion about that.
AndyBeez:
btw "Yes" responses are split into two groups.
I would like to suggest a "Teardowns" section under the "Electronics" group; here people post their teardowns and reverse engineered schematics. Just a thought.
Zeyneb:
If there would be an off-topic interests forum section it would be hard to judge if you should put your post there or in General Technical chat. I don't think the title General Technical chat is valid for the posts you will find there. I believe there is a strong need for social talk about work situations, gas prices and other political and economic influences and moderation is tolerating this already to a certain point.
Also you could have too many sub sections, and in many cases people would prefer to put it in General Technical chat to get the attention. As case in point this thread right here. Officially I would argue Dave should have put it in News/Suggestions/Help but few people are looking there.
So I do believe General Technical chat should be renamed to Community chat, maybe with some post count before members could gain access. And then hobbies and interests outside pure electronics/computers could go into one or more off-topic interests sections. But keep in mind people are looking for a reasonable popular sub section to get sufficient attention.
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