RE: Hello there! Fellow atheist here!
December 1, 2019 at 9:04 am
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2019 at 9:32 am by ThinkingIsThinking.)
(November 30, 2019 at 2:37 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(November 30, 2019 at 8:30 am)ThinkingIsThinking Wrote: It's not a big deal. I'm just saying that I find it odd that I have to turn serious-mode on if I want a serious thread when in a discussion forum I'd expect serious-mode to already be on by default.
It's--again--not a big deal. But it would make more sense to me to not need the tag and to just have seriousness be default on a discussion site like this ... and then maybe have the off-topic subforum be the exception to the rule.
I suppose you are a young fella, full of youngness et al. Welcome to the internet.
I know that people struggle to be serious online. I'm merely offered an alternative way to regulate that.
If it's a discussion forum ... it would make more sense to have non-serious tags instead of serious tags.
Or, even better, and simpler, as I suggested: Just leave non-seriousness to the off-topic forum where it belongs.
If people still want serious off-topic threads ... it would make sense to have a subforum just for being non-serious. Call it 'the lounge' or the 'playground' perhaps.
(November 30, 2019 at 8:48 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 30, 2019 at 8:30 am)ThinkingIsThinking Wrote: It's not a big deal. I'm just saying that I find it odd that I have to turn serious-mode on if I want a serious thread when in a discussion forum I'd expect serious-mode to already be on by default.
It's--again--not a big deal. But it would make more sense to me to not need the tag and to just have seriousness be default on a discussion site like this ... and then maybe have the off-topic subforum be the exception to the rule.
The reason the rule was instituted is that a lot of threads were 1) going wildly off track, and 2) devolving into little more than an exchange of insults. The rule hasn't been 100% effective, but it has helped.
Boru
Hey, I'm the one saying that the seriousness is a good thing ... I'm just saying that it's such a good thing that it should be the default rather than something that one is supposed to switch on on a forum that is designed for serious discussions. Why would you have to turn on the serious switch on a website designed for serious discussions? Doesn't make any sense.
