Goodsounds wrote: > Maybe you guys are on to something. We should ban any discussion about > accessing the BBC - who cares, I don't listen to it. Same about > problems with accented characters - why don't these people just use > American English like I do. If they did, they'd have no problems. >
You're on to something. Let's start discussing Dutch politics, in Dutch... > And, we should limit forum hours to 9am to 6 pm in my time zone, so > that no discussions go on when I can't participate. > > There are a lot of people who are unhappy when they can't have their > way. Many who have trouble dealing with people who hold different > opinions from their own. Still others who have trouble understanding > the difference between subjective and objective information. > Unfortunately I see these traits often in these forums. > > For all these people, the occasional irrelevant topic diversion is good > therapy. So too the passionate and sometimes illogical banter that can > erupt when a person's deeply held (and usually subjective) beliefs are > questioned. > How stupid can you get? This is about SNR, signal/noise ratio. Groups and forums with a low enough signal/noise ratio are useless to anyone. Now, 5% noise may not seem a big problem, but I'm sure any idiot can see 70% noise makes it hard to hear the music. I've seen enough forums and usenet groups die because nobody cared about staying on topic. This forum was *never* about sports and politics until a few months ago. Who suddenly decided that was a good idea, and that anybody who disagreed 'had trouble dealing with different opinions'? Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
