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Prophet2020:
Edit to add context of being a reply to "He is probably just lonely" comment. :) I'll remember to quote properly next time. Not used to messaging on forums, really.

We kind of all (or a good chunk of us) are at this point in the perpetual lockdowns. I'm new, so maybe no right to give an opinion, but maybe a little more leeway until we aren't mostly trapped indoors with nothing to do but talk with people online in a semi-safe community about whatever (in a general chat section) :) Beach talk kind of rubs it in, though; So I'm torn on this subject specifically.  :-DD

either way, Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and not going stir crazy!
EEVblog:
Glenn
Please STOP starting these off-topic threads. IRRC you've been warned several times about this yet you keep doing it.
Thread locked.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Simon on January 05, 2021, 02:54:05 pm ---I've never figured out what the general chat section is for. If it's not electronic we get complaints it should not be here, if it is electronic we get complaints that it should be in one of the other sections......

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There are several problems with letting completely off-topic general chat just happen.
1) People get carried away, and the topics readily devolve into a guns, politics, religion, covid, etc etc.
2) It dominates and pollutes the "Unread Posts" page. Once people realise they can start a thread about anything, it will get out of hand.
3) New people will come here to check it out and are more likely to see anything but electronics and be turned off.
Halcyon:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 05, 2021, 11:04:24 pm ---3) New people will come here to check it out and are more likely to see anything but electronics and be turned off.

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This!

All you have to do is check out whirlpool.net.au (AKA "Whingepool") and see what an over-moderated, steaming pile of mess that forum has become.

You get all the idiots and none of the experts. Get someone even slightly off-side and they'll start attacking you and literally asking you to cite references. Some (not all) of the moderators have the same kind of attitude, if they disagree with you, your posts get removed. Factual or not. I once had one of my posts deleted for referring to someone as a "troll" even though that person literally had their post deleted for "trolling" (the reason was visible to all). They claimed it was a "personal attack".

That kind of shit is not going to happen here. I think Dave is pretty relaxed when it comes to what's allowable, but once it becomes a complete free-for-all, admins lose control and it ends up like Whingepool. Rules should be enforced equally and consistently. I'll repeat what I've previously said: Dave has locked some of my threads before and I fully expect to get a cranky SMS if I cross that line even now.
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