Re^4: Your thoughts on an "Off-topic node"?

I think BrowserUK's concern is that too many OT posts will get annoying. Though I too would prefer to see individual, well labeled posts.

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Re^5: Your thoughts on an "Off-topic node"? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 06, 2009 at 21:19 UTC
I think BrowserUK's concern is that too many OT posts will get annoying. That was my thinking. That it would be easier for those that prefer not to see OT posts to ignore them if they were grouped together under a clearly off-topic parent node. If the size of the node is a serious concern--personally, I rarely look at a whole thread other than when the root node is first posted--then perhaps there could be one OT node per month. Or every three months. But then I suspect that most of the opposition to OT discussions here, is more about preserving the status quo, than serious concerns that this place would degenerate into a /.-alike. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^5: Your thoughts on an "Off-topic node"?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 06, 2009 at 21:19 UTC

I think BrowserUK's concern is that too many OT posts will get annoying.

That was my thinking. That it would be easier for those that prefer not to see OT posts to ignore them if they were grouped together under a clearly off-topic parent node.

If the size of the node is a serious concern--personally, I rarely look at a whole thread other than when the root node is first posted--then perhaps there could be one OT node per month. Or every three months.

But then I suspect that most of the opposition to OT discussions here, is more about preserving the status quo, than serious concerns that this place would degenerate into a /.-alike.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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