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Re: tint2 keeps crashing

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On 2023-11-19 21:46, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> 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.

Well, some sites have very active moderators that love to yield the axe :-P

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.

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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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