I'll give you two posts. The one I would like to write, and the one I imagine you would prefer to.
Post 1
I dont agree, bob. That probably shouldnt come as a surprise :lol: As an occasional wall of text writer, I dont see the harm. Its a bit rude to write 'TL;DR', but we're all prefectly free to think it and click a link, which is all it really amount to.
Two points for clarity: I have nothing against Roo or his
telecaster issues repressed telecaster love. It was just an example of an outspoken member who I feel makes the board a better place.
For the record, I like long posts! Quite often I'll skip through a thread of them if they get too lengthy but when I have the time I quite like to read a well written and coherent argument, from any viewpoint.
Might be worth bearing in mind that (being a little deaf) I don't spend much time time in the on topic bits, where a long post is often full of valuable information for whoever answered the question. I know you do a lot of recording work and if I had an audio query a wall of text from you is exactly what I'm after! I'm better acquainted with the longer ones that crop up in time out/dressing room. A good example of the kind of thread that could be moved is the Hitchens thread- within a few replies it had got into a civil but long winded conversation that (judging by this thread) turns some other forumites off.
Of course there are other threads that exist in a more grey area.
I'll take you up on two things.
Firstly, my impression the is that increasingly this forum
is getting abusive- sometimes involving long term members with many posts. Also I don't think I can just ignore threads where this kind of thing goes on. What if an interesting topic gets hijacked by people scr@pping over a pretty tangential subject? Secondly, even in threads that you don't read, arguments beget arguments and it lowers the tone of the whole board.
I agree that extra moderation is a pain in the arse for BKP and the posters alike, but I do fear that in its present state the board will not continue to be the polite and welcoming place it once was and still is. I figure the idea of a politics, religion, science and debate board is not to encourage or discourage any particular kind of discourse, but to allow people who want to debate to do it away from the others (preferably with a "don't make it personal" policy).
I'll keep any further responses to PMs or a separate thread before us wall-of-texters engulf this thread too :lol:
