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Carlos E. R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2023-11-18 22:26, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> Of course the discussions veer off exactly as easily on web forums,
>> the only difference is that it's harder to read them when they do.
>> Heavy moderation _might_ control it, but as unlike on Usenet the
>> moderation usually happens after articles are posted, that requires
>> moderators to jump in fast enough that things aren't already mixed
>> up by the time they intervene. Anyway extra workload on moderators
>> is hardly an *advantage*, and the OT discussions will always be
>> attempted regardless of how poorly designed the platform is for
>> displaying them.
> 
> If the forum has the proper features, the moderators can detach the 
> subthread to a new thread of its own, even move it to a different room. 
> There is no time limit.

However if they're slow to do that then things become, as I said,
mixed up. Before the threads are separated, people wanting to
reply to both the original topic and the OT discussion include both
in the same post. Then a moderator would need to separate out bits
of the individual posts themselves, which they rarely do so you end
up with a fragmented discussion in the new branched-off thread,
then that thread only makes sense if you were reading everything
before it was forked off.

But my point really is that it's extra work for the moderators and
hence whether or not it _can_ be done, it usually isn't done at
all. On Usenet the sub-threads happen automatically (some posts
from clueless Google Groups users excepted) - a vast improvement
regardless of what half-hearted works arounds web forums might have
implemented.

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Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-17 08:26 +0000
  Re: tint2 keeps crashing Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-11-17 09:38 +0100
    Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-17 09:54 +0000
      Re: tint2 keeps crashing Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-11-17 12:35 +0100
        Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-17 12:10 +0000
          Re: tint2 keeps crashing not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-11-18 07:36 +1000
            Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-17 23:06 +0100
            Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-18 11:10 +0000
              Re: tint2 keeps crashing not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-11-19 07:26 +1000
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-19 13:19 +0100
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-19 12:35 +0000
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-11-20 06:46 +1000
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-19 21:49 +0100
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-20 00:06 +0000
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-20 02:57 +0100
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-19 12:34 +0000
                Re: tint2 keeps crashing not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2023-11-20 07:06 +1000
  Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-17 13:33 +0100
    Re: tint2 keeps crashing The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2023-11-17 13:04 +0000
      Re: tint2 keeps crashing Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2023-11-17 16:01 +0100
      Re: tint2 keeps crashing "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-11-17 16:21 +0100

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