Nature of the Internet. This is a form of social engagement in addition to providing information. There are often dialogs within larger discussion threads between participants. Totally off topic- I’d look for a mod if you are a thread starter, since the point is to stay on topic, but I don’t mind some cordial banter, some humor.
I think the tendency to get into political issues has become more of an issue for me but I’ll just ignore the thread. (And for what it’s worth, yes I have views, but don’t post them).
I think the end goal of this thing is a community-- not to sound kumbayah about all this, but we help each other or try to learn something, or just post a query. I’m not quite sure what else there is to say on the subject.
This is not a heavily moderated forum in my experience (I guess unless somebody complains).
I’m not even sure if I started a thread that I have control over irrelevant posts by others. That might be an option, but disagreements are rife in this, as in any other pursuit, so that risks allowing the thread starter to eliminate opinions or views with which they disagree.
I think we can have discussions without rancor.
In scrolling through, I see this mirrors another thread on the same topic, I guess as a counterpoint. Shouldn't these be consolidated into one thread?
