DISCUSSION board.......or.....COMMENT board?

by Terry 53 Replies latest jw friends

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  Terry

  The following is only my own personal analysis.

  Take it or leave it. But, by all means jump in and have a say.

  I think more and more we are losing our grasp on a wonderful venue at JW-net.

  As a DISCUSSION BOARD, I mean.

  At one time, there were a great many wonderful and interesting discussions by a variety of persons with varied backgrounds having a good

  back and forth, in depth analysis of thought-provoking issues.

  But, I think maybe we've fallen into a lethargy.

  Here is where I see an endemic problem.

  1.Do you see a Thread Topic and read ALL of the posts before you comment? Or, do you jump to the end and have your say?

  2.Do you consider what the actual Topic started off being rather than where it may have derailed?

  3. Do you ask and answer questions factually, with references, quotations? Or, is yours exclusively an emotional response?

  4.Do you care if there is a fundamental difference between an opinion and a fact?

  5.Are your posts HUGE CHUNKS OF DENSE PARAGRAPHS THAT GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON?

  6.Are you pithy (like Minimus) and to the point?

  7.If you had to characterize your own contributions to JW-net in one word or two at the most; what would it be?

  We are all free to discuss whatever interests us.

  But, I tend to see mainly strong, emotional, polarized opinions instead of pithy, well-reasoned argumentation with facts.

  Like I said. Just my analysis. You are free to disagree and GIVE REASONS why you like it just the way it is.

  Personally, I think my Topics are too dense. Not nearly pithy!

  How about you?

  Do you "discuss" or only drive-by and "comment"?
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  sabastious

  But, I think maybe we've fallen into a lethargy.

  I like to "tweet" and I like in depth discussion. Tweeting is more playful and it attracts a certain audience. I think you mistake that playfulness for lethargy.

  -Sab
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  NomadSoul
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  sabastious

  1.Do you see a Thread Topic and read ALL of the posts before you comment? Or, do you jump to the end and have your say?

  2.Do you consider what the actual Topic started off being rather than where it may have derailed?

  3. Do you ask and answer questions factually, with references, quotations? Or, is yours exclusively an emotional response?

  4.Do you care if there is a fundamental difference between an opinion and a fact?

  5.Are your posts HUGE CHUNKS OF DENSE PARAGRAPHS THAT GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON?

  6.Are you pithy (like Minimus) and to the point?

  7.If you had to characterize your own contributions to JW-net in one word or two at the most; what would it be?

  1. I read until I feel compelled to post, then I post.

  2. I always read the OP with a fine tooth comb or at least try to. Sometimes I feel compelled to post before I even read the whole OP, but I try to avoid doing that

  3. If the emotional response is negative I consider before posting. If it is possitive I am quicker to just type it out as I think it. I'm not sure if I have a "system" that involves certain types of responses, at least not that I am aware of.

  4. Opinions and Facts are cut from different molds and therefore the explicit distinction is required for me.

  5. No, I don't like making people read a ton. I like to break my posts up.

  6. Depends on who I am replying to and what was said.

  7. Open Book

  -Sab
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  sir82

  Yeth, Minimuth ith quite pithy.
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  simon17

  Its the price of expansion. The more members, the more discussion breaks down because you have a 100 different posts by different people and its hard to get all those people to stay on topic (or even notice one another official replies to one another). Nothing you can do about that. Same thing happened on a message board I managed that got big. The intimacy and back-and-forth was nice but it does get sacrificed a bit with a larger audience
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  charlie brown jr.

  GREAT TOPIC Terry

  With all the Lock downs and Deleted Thread and Posters Getting Banned.........

  How can this place be an in depth discussion forum?

  Lately all it is is Christians against Atheist Atheists against Christians

  Or Threads on I'm calling you out or the I'm leaving because....

  And if a Thread gets to Racy lets say 9 pages long it gets locked down we are reminded..............

  "It's not your forum"

  Christians against Atheist Atheists against Christians

  Sab. Yes I agree... about isn't it found everywhere.

  While lurking for a year (LOL) I saw many interesting threads ..some still pop up but it has changed!

  ps. I edited because I only get 10 posts
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  sabastious

  Its the price of expansion. The more members, the more discussion breaks down because you have a 100 different posts by different people and its hard to get all those people to stay on topic (or even notice one another official replies to one another). Nothing you can do about that. Same thing happened on a message board I managed that got big. The intimacy and back-and-forth was nice but it does get sacrificed a bit with a larger audience

  Kickass web 2.0 forum technolgoy could solve that. I happen to be in the business...

  -Sab
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  sabastious

  Lately all it is is Christians against Atheist Atheists against Christians

  Isn't that everywhere right now? Even in the Middle East in it's own way.

  -Sab
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  VIII

  1.Do you see a Thread Topic and read ALL of the posts before you comment? Or, do you jump to the end and have your say?

  It depends on the thread, the topic, the OP, how long the thread is, etc. Sometimes I comment on the OP, sometimes I jump in. Usually I just read. I don't have too many posts considering how long I've been here.

  2.Do you consider what the actual Topic started off being rather than where it may have derailed?

  I try. I try to stay on track. Again, it depends on how far I've read and how many comments have been made. If there are pages and pages of comments I don't bother. Why jump in and say something that was already said?

  3. Do you ask and answer questions factually, with references, quotations? Or, is yours exclusively an emotional response?

  I try to be factual with references and quotes. I ignore comments which are only cut and pastes from a blog or other online source and I also ignore someone who drones on without references on a complex subject. Prove your point with hard facts. Not Wikipedia. Any idiot can use and post on Wikipedia.

  4.Do you care if there is a fundamental difference between an opinion and a fact?

  Yes. Opinions are like A-holes. ;-)

  5.Are your posts HUGE CHUNKS OF DENSE PARAGRAPHS THAT GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON?

  Not usually.

  6.Are you pithy (like Minimus) and to the point?

  Try to be.

  7.If you had to characterize your own contributions to JW-net in one word or two at the most; what would it be?

  Pertinent.