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| james_s:
No, sorry, you don't get to make demands like that. One of the things you will learn real quick around here (and I'm quite sure Dave will back me up on this if he happens to see it) is that you own your posts and your posts only. You do not own the thread, you do not get to tell others what to discuss, you do not get to tell others not to post. If you don't like where a thread goes that's tough, you can politely request people stick to the topic at hand, or you can leave, or add certain members or certain threads to your ignore list. Start trying to throw your weight around and make demands and you'll not make many friends around here, that's not how it works. |
| JDW:
--- Quote from: james_s on August 19, 2019, 04:55:40 am ---Start trying to throw your weight around and make demands and you'll not make many friends around here, that's not how it works. --- End quote --- I respect your sentiments, but please consider reasonably who is throwing whose weight around. Do you consider the wording of your own previous post "friendly"? Logic itself dictates that rambling on and on within someone else's post is showing oneself rather unfriendly. The evidence that is true exists in pretty much every other forum out there -- hijacking threads is almost always prohibited to prevent conflicts like this. And while I am aware no such prohibition exists here, and while I for the most part don't mind that free-for-all way of thinking, it is greatly appreciated when others would be friendly enough to so kindly consider the heartfelt wishes of the individual who started the thread. It's merely a common courtesy. That is what I have been pleading with you gentlemen about for the last several posts. But until now, my thoughts have been trampled under foot and I am considered to be someone who can no longer make friends here. That's quite a punch below the belt. Friends, if I am totally in the wrong in thinking the way I do about this particular thread, I humbly ask for everyone who has posted in this thread thus far to share your opinion telling me so. I am happy to abide by the group feeling on this matter. For now, I still feel the current dialog is cluttering up the thread and makes it more difficult for other people in the future to find useful information in this thread. As such, it would be greatly appreciated if those who wish to continue the current off-topic discuss could please open a new thread. And I promise I will not post in your thread to mucky it up. This is how friends behave toward one another. I hope I can obtain your kind understanding about this. Thank you for your kind cooperation and understanding. |
| floobydust:
I go off-topic if I know (with facts) a technical example or statement is misleading, such as linear constant-current control not contributing to global warming, or is used for motor speed control... Usually that doesn't derail a thread, but it does seem to take the piss on a decent discussion if people react and get cranky and defensive, unleash a wall of text or start up the flame thrower. I see it happen frequently- not just here, but on many Internet forums. Mixing noobs, professionals, enthusiasts, old farts, and jerks along with different language and culture - there will be clashes and it's bound to be noisy. In social media, using up/down votes was supposed to improve the signal/noise ratio in threads, but bots and brigading etc. corrupted that idea. It's possible to manipulate votes. Nothing better has been found. It all seems to rely on the manners of the community, or the hostile members get banned by the mods. I think best is to ignore the few posts that wandered off-topic and adding new (relevant) posts to a thread seem to keep it going. |
| bloguetronica:
The lack of sympathy and trolling from some members, plus 50% of topics going off... topic. That indeed characterizes these forums, but it is certainly not a feature. The eevblog forums are on the extreme of the bell curve of forums, as atypical they are (perhaps head-to-head with reddit). Now talking about bells, I have an urge of hearing Anita Ward. Kind regards, Samuel Lourenço |
| ogden:
Changing subject of thread to meaningless whine is much worse "off-topic" than posting irrelevant to original question, post. Completely agree that OP does not "own" the thread. As soon as thread is going and people invested their time answering question or just sharing their opinions, it becomes **common** knowledge of community of this forum. [edit] Show respect to those who did stick to original subject and be so kind - change subject back to original. |
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