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Pastimes : SI Beta Site Launch - 7/01/99
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To: John Biddle who wrote (1610)8/9/1999 7:18:00 PM
From: jbe   of 2340
 
Good heavens, John, I would not be able to "impose" my "way of doing things" on everyone else, even if I wanted to -- and I don't want to.

Let me repeat what I was trying to say in the post to which you have just responded. In fact, the terms of use you cited confirm what I said: that SI does not object to "off topic" posts as such. Most "off topic" posts are just that: "off topic," but entirely inoffensive.

What SI does object to is insulting posts, which are usually perceived by those who post them as very much "on topic," even though they are really "off topic" because they focus on individual contributors to the thread, rather than on the subject of the thread.

Now, as to the checkbox. How many checkboxes do we want? If we want one, then there will be competing ideas as to the best function it can serve. If more than one, there could be a problem with over-complicating the site. Perhaps not.

jbe

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