Re: the state of the forum
hi Pryor,
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I saw a place where a discussion of the French New Wave would be next to an exhaustive study of different types of whiskey and small details from TV serials and alt.country albums and the like. There may only be 5 or 6 active posts, but they would be 5 or 6 really good active posts, and all other rubbish would be shipped to OOT.
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Good post. I like the sound of this and how you envisioned the forum. As I tried to say in my other post, I am in agreement on the subject of list-type threads. I think they are boring. My feeling is that we could have a number of topics in this forum as long as the OP was worded in such a way as to promote quality discussion. The rule should be that the OP meet a certain standard of content (whether talking about ancient battles, food, or TV actors) and replies make an attempt to contribute something more than just 'ditto' or 'you're retarded'.
I think that it would not be so hard for DB to steer the thread in the right direction with some gentle admonishment or creative questioning on his part. Given certain guidelines I think the forum will find it's rhythm and be very good.
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