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Re^3: An OT section (again).by jdporter (Paladin) |
on Aug 02, 2007 at 13:59 UTC ( [id://630280]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
it limits the impact of OT threads on PM's 'core business' by removing OT threads from the main sections But it doesn't. Another ramification of the given proposal (which, if I'm not mistaken, involves setting up a whole new form of interaction on PerlMonks, which I'm styling "light-weight threads") is that, first, we'd have OT cruft in two places: in the place we've set up for it, and continuing in the places it's always been; and then, why should the new "section" be the exclusive domain of OT discussions? It wouldn't be for long. So, whether we create a new form of interaction for OT stuff or simply make an OT section which works like the existing sections, we'd still end up with discussions — in their usual mish-mash of on- and off-topic content — happening in two different places. Unless the proposal includes a solid idea on how to guarantee that on-topic and off-topic posts are confined to their allowed spaces, it's a non-starter. And this is the heart of the reason why it doesn't make sense to try to segregate threads by topic. Some other criterion which remains essentially invariant throughout the thread (for example, style of discourse) is a better basis for segregation.
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