Dear Modulators,

Maybe we don't see eye to eye on every subject, but at least we should be able to communicate with respect and thoughtfulness. That is how a meaningful debate can occur. I have respect for this site, because there are a lot of interesting people to communicate with, people with insight, who are thoughtful and considerate, and highly intelligent.

Then there are liitle kiddies who disrupt the development of threads with their worthless comments! Let me give an example...suppose BentheMan opens a thread about some thought, idea, theory, or such. Now the thread develops. Other people add comments that are at the least presented with thought and consideration. The idea moves. The participants gather insight.

Then some twit comes along and starts making comments like "Poo poo doo doo, I am cool -you suck, eat a tit, suck my shit". The thread suddenly changes directions and becomes bogged down with childish name calling games.
It loses interest because of this. It becomes something not worth presenting anymore, because intelligent people aren't going to waste their time reading 5 year old talk and tease.

Now this would change a great deal if the person who starts the thread has some control over how it is modulated. The thread filled with insightful comments and thoughts would remain as such. Before someone invades it with their crap talk, they would think twice, as it could be erased. I think it would clean up a lot of the messiness I see, which appears to be getting worse and worse.

This is the Sciforum. It is for discussing new ideas or sharing things of interest, not Kiddy cool land..'lets tease each other with absurd ridicule'.
If a thread starts that way...so be it. But to disrupt a thread with 'eat a tit' talk is very dissappointing. I hate to admit that I have been getting sucked into this mindless behavior a little my self. But I am catching myself before I sink into such too deep.

So here is the suggesting, allow the beginner of the thread to remove the trashy comments from that thread...if it is painfully obvious that those comments are trashy and unrelated. Then the threads that began thoughfully...or at least with consideration will stay that way and not turn into some 5-year old ridicule match!

I think this is a worthy suggestion to implement somehow. It would add quality to the Sciforums. Something to consider.

Thanks,
Jozen

Strike that!!!

Things are probably just fine how they are.

A pattern is emerging and it relies on free expression.

Lets just pretend I never brought this up?

It should be a problem as it wouldn't of been implemented anyway.

We'd had previous brain storms in regards to changes and this was on that had cross peoples minds, however the reason it didn't get implemented was simple. While some genuine posters might be able to 'Moderate' their own thread without bias and keep on track in regards to their topic, some rather Extremist posters that can't take any forms of criticism constructively would actively delete anything they felt went against their discussion.

It would lead to a very one sided discussion where only one view could be held and any differing views would be subjected to tyranny of the original poster.

This is why in practice such an idea can not be implemented.

As for why some posters seem to post rather inane posts that can undermine the original discussion, this can be down to a number of things. One might be that they post to every 'New Post' even when they have nothing to add, the other might be that posters within the thread they don't like and they might be stalking them around the forum upsetting anything constructive they participate in. There is also the question of the posters age, Demographically Sciforums has a higher number of members below 20 years old, this means a lot of misunderstood Science, Fantasy and of course Tomfoolery which is expect with such age ranges.

I see your point and have to agree!

Thanks

This thread is now dead.

I see your point and have to agree!

Thanks

This thread is now dead.

Not at all; the thread is alive and well.

I recommend that "Modulators" (sic) automatically ban anyone who makes more than one spelling, grammar or syntax error.

Clearly this would make for much better "occuring" of "modulation"....

If the thread was intended to be offensive, then the poster could ban all "unbelievers" etc.

Strike that!!!

Things are probably just fine how they are.

A pattern is emerging and it relies on free expression.

Lets just pretend I never brought this up?

There is no free expression here.

Not at all; the thread is alive and well.

I recommend that "Modulators" (sic) automatically ban anyone who makes more than one spelling, grammar or syntax error.

Clearly this would make for much better "occuring" of "modulation"....

hahahahahahaha, srry but i have done thoose enough to drive them mad! it ain't the cause

It's too bad that it isn't practical. Perhaps the same goal could be accomplished some other way. Like in a serious thread (meaning meaningful discussion) there is harsher moderation, if only in deletion of posts. Or in threads where there is a well thought out OP. Sometimes tangents are amusing, or even improvements, but certain threads should have their own set of rules, imo.