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Originally posted by ChuckElias
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Originally posted by bob jenkins
I did it. Someone sent me a complaint
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Somebody complained?!?!?! Are you kidding?
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I don't see how to make an exception for Red Sox v. Yankees posts and not for political posts, other sports posts, joke threads, other topics of interest to an idividual poster, etc.
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Why does it have to be an exception? As long as it doesn't turn into a politics forum or a free-for-all, who cares if there's an occasional off-topic post? We had a huge thread about the possibility of invading Iraq. It didn't get yanked. It may have been closed after a dozen pages or so, I don't remember. We've had lots of threads that started out as basketball-related, but then degenerated into silliness. They don't get closed.
Unless the website just doesn't have the space to support any more threads than absolutely necessary, I just don't see the big deal. I can not believe that somebody would complain about that thread. I mean, I believe it, but it's unbelievable.
Thanks, Bob, for letting me know what happened. I respect you for being up-front about it. But again, JMO, but it seems over-officious to me.
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An occasional off-topic post? I agree.
But this was an off-topic thread. And, they have, in general, become more frequent. Maybe that's why the thread on Iraq wasn't deleted -- it was "just one" -- but now there have been "just one more" and "just another" and "just a quick addition" .... (I dont' really know -- I'm just speculating here)
And, on the particular sox v. yankees thread(s), the complainer hinted at (or maybe I just read into it) "6 more months of this" -- we've just started the baseball season.
There's plenty of spots on the internet where you guys can go trade good-natured insults -- heck, you could start your own list for free at Yahoo, for example.