Stosh 3451 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I would think that if a person wished to continue the thread beyond the original OP's solved comment, they could start a new one. This may help with some of the tangents we tend to get off on. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
DuctTape 1182 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I am not a big supporter of tangents; I usually prefer secants. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 I am not a big supporter of tangents; I usually prefer secants. Ooh, a geometry joke. You can't get that on just any old Internet forum. Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3487 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Ooh, a geometry joke. You can't get that on just any old Internet forum. Plenty of circular arguments to go around. Edited July 7, 2017 by RememberSchiff Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3451 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 The closest distance between two points is a straight line... Yeah, right, not on this forum. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DuctTape 1182 Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 Ooh, a geometry joke. You can't get that on just any old Internet forum. True. Most forums are just to plane. Link to post Share on other sites
MattR 2653 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 True. Most forums are just to plane. How does one plane on a forum? Is this like a wake board? Is that even in the GTSS? I think you should be down voted for suggesting dangerous activities. Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3487 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 @@MattR , I think you struck a chord. Link to post Share on other sites
Stosh 3451 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I'll make note of that if you leave it a rest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
qwazse 4302 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I thought this would be worth resurrecting since there was some dialogue about it on another thread. It seems that some folks treat a down-vote as some kind of scarlet letter. And maybe for other forums, that's true. I stand by my comfort with down-votes for anything that folks dislike. Far from being unbecoming of a scout, I consider them to be a friendly gesture. It's useful to know when someone disagrees with me. That disagreement may mean they are offended by my comment, or they think it is just plain stupid. If a couple thousand points get shaved off of my reputation, that may spare some scouter reading my drivel and mistaking it for ex cathedra of some uber scouter. Most of what I write is to help me think through and hone what I may say to someone in person. "Sad" and "confused" are nice touches. But a comment with a mix of up- and down- votes lets us know that not everyone in the scouter-verse thinks the way we do. If something is patently offensive, ad homenim, or mere money grubbing, use "report post" and ask the mods to clean it up. If it's disagreeable -1 now, explain when time allows you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RememberSchiff 3487 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Be aware some old posts were about old forum sofware. Link to post Share on other sites
HelpfulTracks 478 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 For the record, I was clowning around about the Super Soakers at 20 paces. I thought it was funny. I guess I was wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sentinel947 1205 Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Thread got closed more for being totally unrelated to the original topic. Not the content of the totally off topic posts. 9 minutes ago, HelpfulTracks said: For the record, I was clowning around about the Super Soakers at 20 paces. I thought it was funny. I guess I was wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HelpfulTracks 478 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Just now, Sentinel947 said: Thread got closed more for being totally unrelated to the original topic. Not the content of the totally off topic posts. Fair enough, thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Tampa Turtle 1011 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I think the thread manipulation (spin offs, close outs, deletions) seem to be getting out of hand. I know things meander off course but now things read more fragmented than before...natural conversations seem to wander off course. I can see Moderator intervention if folks are getting kinda rude but is kinda taking the fun of the forum...you know the whole Campfire metaphor. That is my two cents. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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