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On 2023-11-18 22:26, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 17/11/2023 21:36, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 17/11/2023 11:35, J?rg Lorenz wrote:
>>>>> On 17.11.23 10:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
...
>> One of the *advantages* of forums is that there is no way to veer off
>> topic easily.
>
> Do you really believe discussions don't veer way off topic all the
> time on forums? You apparantly use the Raspberry Pi Forums so I
> can't follow that.
>
> 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.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
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