Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: tint2 keeps crashing Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:49:32 +0100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <87v8a515hg.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <87zfzglr8j.fsf@lenovo.lan> <20231114120846.7503cf14@archie.localdomain> <20231114122156.1cd886ed@archie.localdomain> <20231115135657.4dcdc01c@archie.localdomain> <6555397f@news.ausics.net> <6557dcd9@news.ausics.net> <65592c08@news.ausics.net> <655a7422@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net DOJ9W47Wt1ysDI7XIsXtqwcq2+ma5gI7Uz7RNOXT2um5cdQdVe Cancel-Lock: sha1:PRJZpO1H5e+QTa804/XfzZDvPjA= sha256:flVzYrI4P5GrOuntmuykA3zDHVSMy8DFa739K4QsBxQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <655a7422@news.ausics.net> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:44898 On 2023-11-19 21:46, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > Carlos E. R. 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.