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Subject: Re: I vote to Move All Off-topics to General Chess Forum

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 15:11:15 12/04/00

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On December 04, 2000 at 17:24:39, Chessfun wrote:

>On December 04, 2000 at 15:48:06, Pete Galati wrote:
>
[....]
>>
>>Yep.  Well, some sort of moderation seems to be needed (not talking about this
>>thread) but too much moderation is never good.  If people are not given some
>>sort of leeway as to what can be talked about, then it does become a very dry
>>uninteresting place, I think that idea was mentioned elsewhere, I forget where
>>at the moment.
>
>>So if everyone is so worried about whether they'll be on-topic enough to fit
>>into the computer/chess format, then half of what gets discussed would disapear,
>>and in turn valuable input would be lost because of the lack of dynamics.  I
>
>I disagree. Posters know well enough whether they are on or off topic.
>I see no dynamics that will be lost as a result of removing ALL off-topic
>posts.
>
>>genuinly pity anyone who's life was 100% Chess or computer Chess, because that's
>>just no way to live.
>
>It's not a way of life? it's a simple case of that's what this forum is.
>There are many other places to talk politics or other subjects.
>Unless this place is cleaned up and these off-topic postings deleted this will
>become another rgcc, then what was the point of it's creation?.
>
>Sarah.

I don't object to r.g.c.c., not at all.

Odd thing is, long before I ever got there, it was all just one newsgroup, but
they decided to try to spit it up into several newsgroups to try to keep the
discusions in catagories.  In general, I guess that was a good idea, but I'm not
sure if it's such a great idea for Steven to create a special off-topic forum
that got mentioned somewhere.

CCC is better mannered than r.g.c.c. is anyhow.  There is much more restraint
here.

Pete



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