bladx's posts may have been foolish, but ripping on him in public is not appropriate, either. Many people have already posted about him needing to think through his nodes before posting and to ascertain his thoughts before deeming them post-worthy. Yes, they may be silly ideas. Some people seemed to like a few of those posts though. I recall his "Node Wars" post making The Monastery Gates.

-new users to have all discussions about new requested features in one place
This in itself sounds like a requested feature. The new users won't learn that their posts are in need of improvement if the general Monk public doesn't see them and give them a helpful critique.
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In reply to Re: Re: Why did people vote for this? by agent00013
in thread Why did people vote for this? by tilly

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