I'm not going to throw one of my delicious home-grown tomatoes at you, but how does creating more threads stop the behavior you dislike?
Of course. I want my personal info such as DOB and email address deleted however.
Splitting up topics won't make it go away, it will just be spread over more threads, giving the mods more work to do.
From a purely management aspect, I think removing the general thread will create more of a burden on the people who oversee the site.
That's how topix is, and it is really pretty annoying. This is certainly a better format, but I still don't get why they would take away the general discussion threads.I've never heard of a forum that has only a single thread. LOL I think THAT would make me crazy!
Okay, here I go.
I worked hard to get into Websleuths. I read and read and read and read before I was fortunate enough to get in. A lot of people, because of ISP issues, aren't so lucky. And it sucks not to be able to get in here with all of these WONDERFUL people!!!
I remember thinking, the first day I lurked on WS's, that surely by the looks of this place, you must have to "pay" to join, right? I looked all over WS's that first day, looking for the "catch" that told you how much membership was. And then I discovered that it was free...and that some lady named Tricia was paying for all of this AND making it free to join AND free for guests. I was amazed. I still am. I feel obligated every time I sit in front of this board to offer assistance to help pay for this site. Knowing that she pays for all of this alone makes me feel guilty.
I have been lucky enough thus far that apparently I haven't really done anything stoopid...at least "Mom" hasn't told me that I have or sic'ed the mods on me. If I got banned, OMG, I honestly think I would die. I would be lost without WS's. Before I came here I didn't know that there was a single soul on the planet who shared my passion for solving these cases and bringing justice to those who otherwise may not have a voice.
I liked the GD thread as well. Oh well. I don't make those decisions, and I have to believe, because I have faith in the woman who pays for this site I love so much, that she knows what she's doing and I don't have the right to complain.
I mean no disrespect to anyone. Please, those of you who are tempted to cancel your membership or get yourself banned intentionally, reconsider. Your input IS appreciated and we are ALL affected when major changes take place. This too, shall pass. We'll adjust. We will survive without the GD thread if Mom doesn't want it here anymore. Please don't second guess her and upset her or make her angry. Mom's plate is full, please, just don't. It upsets me to think that right now, because people keep complaining about this GD thread thing, Mom may be asking herself why she bothers?!? What if WS's was GONE!!! No threads of ANY kind?????? No information, nothing.
Ws's is awesome. There is no better place to be. And our site is so highly respected and widely known for a reason. Now, could we pweeze get back to the reasons we are all here together to begin with? We all share a common goal..let's let this GD thread thing go and let's focus on trying to help find Caylee.
(And now I'm gonna go hide over there in the corner so I don't get hit with nuthin')
Any problems will be easier to catch and handle, as opposed to going thru a 30 page, several hundred post thread. I'm on a forum with thousands of members, and you rarely ever hear from a moderator, unless they're posting normally.
And, if you think about it, forums weren't built to have a single thread with hundreds of posts in them. The idea is to have different topics for discussion.
I Love You. I don't know you but I love you.
Have I told you lately that I love you?:blowkiss::blowkiss:
And then I discovered that it was free...and that some lady named Tricia was paying for all of this AND making it free to join AND free for guests. I was amazed. I still am. I feel obligated every time I sit in front of this board to offer assistance to help pay for this site. Knowing that she pays for all of this alone makes me feel guilty.
Before I came here I didn't know that there was a single soul on the planet who shared my passion for solving these cases and bringing justice to those who otherwise may not have a voice.
I'm actually kind of glad the GD threads are closed. Too much to read and not enough time to read unfortunately.
I mean... what there were over 100 of them? I think I can't find the important ideas in each thread, and don't know which thread they were on
I am way behind in this case.
I like the summary threads. Very helpful for a slow person like me!!
Keep up the good work everyone.
Two reasons for the general discussion threads going away.
1- the vast majority of people found them confusing
2-the mods and myself spent way too much time trying to clean up the general threads.
It was such a strain on our moderators and many posters complained to me about the discussion threads so I shut them down.
We are not trying to "steer" discussion. We are trying to make the forum easier for people to read.
Even if I did not get complaints about the general threads I would still shut them down due to the amount of unnecessary time our mods had to spend on them literally day and night cleaning them up.
Please, can we move on? Thank you.
I respect Tricia's wishes. I also respect my fellow posters. I will work on adjusting to the multiple threads. :blowkiss:
Okay, here I go.
I worked hard to get into Websleuths. I read and read and read and read before I was fortunate enough to get in. A lot of people, because of ISP issues, aren't so lucky. And it sucks not to be able to get in here with all of these WONDERFUL people!!!
I remember thinking, the first day I lurked on WS's, that surely by the looks of this place, you must have to "pay" to join, right? I looked all over WS's that first day, looking for the "catch" that told you how much membership was. And then I discovered that it was free...and that some lady named Tricia was paying for all of this AND making it free to join AND free for guests. I was amazed. I still am. I feel obligated every time I sit in front of this board to offer assistance to help pay for this site. Knowing that she pays for all of this alone makes me feel guilty.
I have been lucky enough thus far that apparently I haven't really done anything stoopid...at least "Mom" hasn't told me that I have or sic'ed the mods on me. If I got banned, OMG, I honestly think I would die. I would be lost without WS's. Before I came here I didn't know that there was a single soul on the planet who shared my passion for solving these cases and bringing justice to those who otherwise may not have a voice.
I liked the GD thread as well. Oh well. I don't make those decisions, and I have to believe, because I have faith in the woman who pays for this site I love so much, that she knows what she's doing and I don't have the right to complain.
I mean no disrespect to anyone. Please, those of you who are tempted to cancel your membership or get yourself banned intentionally, reconsider. Your input IS appreciated and we are ALL affected when major changes take place. This too, shall pass. We'll adjust. We will survive without the GD thread if Mom doesn't want it here anymore. Please don't second guess her and upset her or make her angry. Mom's plate is full, please, just don't. It upsets me to think that right now, because people keep complaining about this GD thread thing, Mom may be asking herself why she bothers?!? What if WS's was GONE!!! No threads of ANY kind?????? No information, nothing.
Ws's is awesome. There is no better place to be. And our site is so highly respected and widely known for a reason. Now, could we pweeze get back to the reasons we are all here together to begin with? We all share a common goal..let's let this GD thread thing go and let's focus on trying to help find Caylee.
(And now I'm gonna go hide over there in the corner so I don't get hit with nuthin')
, which turns into a general discussion anyway. Oh, this is confusing.