Discussion vs Chat - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alkanoonion · 05-15-2003, 09:25 PM

Chat type posts are the ruin of many a once thoughtful topic, for myself I find that most of my time is now spent wading through the rubbish to find the good, sadly once I do find a good topic my time has all but been used up.

This problem is not just limited to the Downs; due to the influx of new fans many sites are now finding an increased amount of Spam. The problem in my opinion is mainly due to fans that may not be familiar with the correct forum etiquette. One solution is topics such as this, which help educate the novice. Once people realise that social or chat type posts will be frowned upon things should improve.

As veteran users of forums we should all when seeing a topic being derailed step in and redirect the conversation, this can be done by summarising the original argument and posting our reply to that.
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05-15-2003, 09:25 PM	#24
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	Chat type posts are the ruin of many a once thoughtful topic, for myself I find that most of my time is now spent wading through the rubbish to find the good, sadly once I do find a good topic my time has all but been used up. This problem is not just limited to the Downs; due to the influx of new fans many sites are now finding an increased amount of Spam. The problem in my opinion is mainly due to fans that may not be familiar with the correct forum etiquette. One solution is topics such as this, which help educate the novice. Once people realise that social or chat type posts will be frowned upon things should improve. As veteran users of forums we should all when seeing a topic being derailed step in and redirect the conversation, this can be done by summarising the original argument and posting our reply to that. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.