k2bdeutmeyer Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Another forum I'm a member of just posted this: "Threads have been going "off topic" way too much. Warnings will be given immediately through the infraction manager when someone goes off the topic of the thread." Say what??? Isn't that just the nature of the beast? Just thought you all might get a kick out of that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I joined a hs forum a few years ago that was like that. I found it prideful and confining, and I didn't last there more than a week. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That must be one serious forum. So, what did you have for dinner last night? Oh, wait, was that off topic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Seriously....I laughed when I read that!! I think I may just be a lurker from now on. Not so sure I can trust myself to stay 100% on topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 One of my favorite forums goes way OT all.the.time. It's fun. :) Probably it's a good thing that you didn't specify which forum now has OT police, 'cuz I suspect that some of us might just mosey over and have a ball OTing.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 … the infraction manager … :) oh - I want that job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Some forums are extremely strict about keeping threads on topic. They will also delete or merge multiple threads on the same topic. They aren't all forums that are "serious" in terms of subject matter either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 "infraction manager"...sounds like it's a boo boo that needs a bandaid with some neosporin just in case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Yes, this forum does that too. And apparently locks or closes threads that go OT?!? ETA: That happened to me on there recently. The thread was only kinda OT - related subject, but not exactly what I started it about. It got locked & has since been deleted. Nobody was being disrespectful or breaking rules. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Yes, this forum does that too. And apparently locks or closes threads that go OT?!? ETA: That happened to me on there recently. The thread was only kinda OT - related subject, but not exactly what I started it about. It got locked & has since been deleted. Nobody was being disrespectful or breaking rules. Weird. I was on a forum where there were threads of over 100 pages on some topics because they were discussed so frequently. But, who wants to wade through that? It was annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 One forum I get on for dance does not allow posts made just to up your post count and earn more stars (we earn stars rather than titles like "amateur beekeeper" etc. I am still not used to being able to put a hug or smile in a post and leave it. They also have rules about staying on topic amd cross-posting and many other crazy rules. I have been on that forum for 10 years, it has been an adjustment to the more relaxed rules.;) It makes things a lot more fun :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Oh I know how totally frustrating that can be! This reminds me of crepes. You know how some think that it's okay to stuff them with just anything? Well I disagree. Does anyone have any good crepe recipes? Ooooh ... how about a photo of someone in a kilt eating a crepe? Speaking of which, does anyone have a pet salamander? :001_smile: :D Yeah that wouldn't work here. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I do visit another forum in which each thread is strictly limited to a specific topic. It is a debate forum and I like that rule, because there are always members who like to completely way lay the main topic of the debate. It helps keeps the discussion focused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Infraction Manager? What next, a High Inquisitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freerange Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Infraction Manager? What next, a High Inquisitor? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Some forums are extremely strict about keeping threads on topic. They will also delete or merge multiple threads on the same topic. They aren't all forums that are "serious" in terms of subject matter either. I have seen this on TWOP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Infraction Manager? What next, a High Inquisitor? Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I have seen this on TWOP. I had to Google TWOP. "Television Without Pity" was the result. What kind of weird place is that?:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfgivas Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 speaking of kilts, i want to go on record as saying that men in kilts are never off topic. neither are crepes, particularly with strawberries and chocolate. always on topic ;) sigh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Oh I know how totally frustrating that can be! This reminds me of crepes. You know how some think that it's okay to stuff them with just anything? Well I disagree. Does anyone have any good crepe recipes? Ooooh ... how about a photo of someone in a kilt eating a crepe? Speaking of which' date=' does anyone have a pet salamander? :001_smile: [/quote'] Hey! That's how MY mind works!! :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 speaking of kilts, i want to go on record as saying that men in kilts are never off topic. neither are crepes, particularly with strawberries and chocolate. always on topic ;) sigh.... I tried to find a picture of a man in a kilt eating crepes, but nothing. I did see a blurb about nutella crepes, those might be handy. Is it Friday yet? Is this on topic? Should I be thinking about dinner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I had to Google TWOP. "Television Without Pity" was the result. What kind of weird place is that?:confused: I don't go there anymore, but it's actually pretty funny snark on TV shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That would be one huge game of whack-a-mole if they tried that here! Thankfully, TPTB here are much too wise to even think about it! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 What is your favorite brand of root beer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That would be one huge game of whack-a-mole if they tried that here! Thankfully, TPTB here are much too wise to even think about it! ;) I love the visual that gave me. I haven't played whack-a-mole in forever now I want to go to the arcade that has it. It's at the big mall, and if I am heading there I am totally taking pictures of the kids at the Santa Maria to add to our explorers lapbook. Did you guys read my post about printing off lapbook pieces today? took me hours to get them done. Good grief. speaking of words with 'ie' in them. do you ever have to recite teh little rhyme to remember whether it is the i first or the e first? I always have to. Rather annoying to have to stop my train of thought to go through the little rhyme to get it right. I have to do the right hand left hand thing often too. Not good if you are carrying anything and suddenly have a brain fart and can't remember your right from your left and at that exact moment your kid asks which side is left. Everything smashes to the floor and then it is like a big game of whack-a-toe, which reminds me I have not played whack-a-mole in forever. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 That would be one huge game of whack-a-mole if they tried that here! Thankfully, TPTB here are much too wise to even think about it! ;) And apparently much more generous with their bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I love the visual that gave me. I haven't played whack-a-mole in forever now I want to go to the arcade that has it. It's at the big mall, and if I am heading there I am totally taking pictures of the kids at the Santa Maria to add to our explorers lapbook. Did you guys read my post about printing off lapbook pieces today? took me hours to get them done. Good grief. speaking of words with 'ie' in them. do you ever have to recite teh little rhyme to remember whether it is the i first or the e first? I always have to. Rather annoying to have to stop my train of thought to go through the little rhyme to get it right. I have to do the right hand left hand thing often too. Not good if you are carrying anything and suddenly have a brain fart and can't remember your right from your left and at that exact moment your kid asks which side is left. Everything smashes to the floor and then it is like a big game of whack-a-toe, which reminds me I have not played whack-a-mole in forever. :D :svengo: *exhausted from running after rabbits* :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 :svengo: *exhausted from running after rabbits* :lol: It's all your fault you made my brain start thinking of whack-a-mole ;) After that i can not control what it does, especially after I drank a full 2 L of coke while printing off the lapbook pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Some moderator must have a lot of time on her hands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 :lol: You ladies are cracking me up. One of the reasons I like this forum is it is more relaxed then other ones I have been on. Being a little more relaxed allows a little of everyone's personality to show through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 No one expects... the Spanish Infraction Manager! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirch Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 No one expects... the Spanish Infraction Manager! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolfromIL Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Infraction manager...lol. I find it hard to stay on topic, and that's why I like this board. Lol:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 What is your favorite brand of root beer? The kind that someone else is drinking on the far other side of the world. That stuff is n.a.s.t.y. :ack2: Thunder storms in Central Texas...but only in parts of Central Texas. I can see the rain from my house and am getting none of it. Someone 'splain that to me. Please. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphina Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I frequent a board like that pretty regularly. It's a local community board so there are not many other options for the same info. I guess I am addicted because even though I can't go off topic, I do and then my posts get deleted. Many people have been banned for regularly going off topic and there is this one poster who complains if he feels his threads are straying. I've tried to explain that conversations naturally drift but he says the internet shouldn't be that way. Honestly it's a crazy board, and very old, using old technology and most of the posters are in their 60's. Not that age matters but sometimes I think they lack an understanding of the world today. Plus they start talking about youngins and their horrible taste in music and fashion and it just makes me feel like I don't belong there. But hey I want to talk about the town allowing chickens in the city and stuff like that. Anyhow I need to invest in a crepe maker. We went over to a friend's house for dinner once and they had this awesome crepe maker, I want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k2bdeutmeyer Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 ......and this thread is precisely why I love this place :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I would SO not make it in this forum.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindyD Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I had some banana and nutella crepes the other week that were AMAZING! Definitely worth trying out if you get the chance or can make them yourself. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 One forum I get on for dance does not allow posts made just to up your post count and earn more stars (we earn stars rather than titles like "amateur beekeeper" etc. I am still not used to being able to put a hug or smile in a post and leave it. They also have rules about staying on topic amd cross-posting and many other crazy rules. I have been on that forum for 10 years, it has been an adjustment to the more relaxed rules.;) It makes things a lot more fun :) I want stars!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 "Infraction Manager"-that title SERIOUSLY sounds like a hall monitor on crack, a person whose underthings must be in a perpetual twist! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphina Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I had some banana and nutella crepes the other week that were AMAZING! Definitely worth trying out if you get the chance or can make them yourself. :tongue_smilie: Now I must run out and buy a crepe maker, I need to try these but then my kids will probably ask for them all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I had some banana and nutella crepes the other week that were AMAZING! Definitely worth trying out if you get the chance or can make them yourself. :tongue_smilie: Oh my - Nutella AND crêpes :drool5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awisha. Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I love the visual that gave me. I haven't played whack-a-mole in forever now I want to go to the arcade that has it. It's at the big mall, and if I am heading there I am totally taking pictures of the kids at the Santa Maria to add to our explorers lapbook. Did you guys read my post about printing off lapbook pieces today? took me hours to get them done. Good grief. speaking of words with 'ie' in them. do you ever have to recite teh little rhyme to remember whether it is the i first or the e first? I always have to. Rather annoying to have to stop my train of thought to go through the little rhyme to get it right. I have to do the right hand left hand thing often too. Not good if you are carrying anything and suddenly have a brain fart and can't remember your right from your left and at that exact moment your kid asks which side is left. Everything smashes to the floor and then it is like a big game of whack-a-toe, which reminds me I have not played whack-a-mole in forever. :D :smilielol5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 I am on one Yahoo group that's like that. It has a very focused purpose and an enormous membership. In that case, I think it's worthwhile. I believe there's a second, related list for chat. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friederike in Persia Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 speaking of kilts, i want to go on record as saying that men in kilts are never off topic. . Just wanted to say that we recently visited Dublin and there were all these Scots in kilts. We started counting them and I offered extra points to the kids if they could verify if they were worn the traditional way. :D Nobody did, to dh's relief, his humour doesn't always match mine:lol: P.S.: For those of you who are more conservative, I would have stopped them before they would have gone down on the ground!!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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