twistedtree
Guru
I'd like to make a proposal for OTDE. I propose that it be closed to the creation of new threads, and that the only way a thread gets there is if it gets out of hand elsewhere on TF, and needs to be sent to the back room.
TF is about trawlers and trawlering, not about spew on whatever topics someone wants to spew about. The creation of a new thread in OTDE, is by definition counter to everything that TF represents, encourages, and allows. So why does it exist at all? Well, sometimes well intentioned threads get out of hand and the conversation needs to be taken elsewhere, so it gets moved to OTDE. That seems fine.
But why on earth would we want to invite people to pro-actively start a discussion on TF that is inherently not allowed on TF? All it does is provide a venue for people who want to spew, or antagonize, or otherwise behave in a non-trawler-like manner. There are plenty of other places on the web for people to do that, so I think anyone with OTDE inclinations should simple go elsewhere. This is a trawlering forum.
So what do other think? And what is the position of the forum management?
TF is about trawlers and trawlering, not about spew on whatever topics someone wants to spew about. The creation of a new thread in OTDE, is by definition counter to everything that TF represents, encourages, and allows. So why does it exist at all? Well, sometimes well intentioned threads get out of hand and the conversation needs to be taken elsewhere, so it gets moved to OTDE. That seems fine.
But why on earth would we want to invite people to pro-actively start a discussion on TF that is inherently not allowed on TF? All it does is provide a venue for people who want to spew, or antagonize, or otherwise behave in a non-trawler-like manner. There are plenty of other places on the web for people to do that, so I think anyone with OTDE inclinations should simple go elsewhere. This is a trawlering forum.
So what do other think? And what is the position of the forum management?