1) Would anyone have any objections if the mods deleted all posts that have nothing to do with a thread's topic?
2) Would the mods have any reservations about deleting all posts in a thread that have nothing to do with that thread's topic; or if this would be just too much work (since we have so many participants -- new ones, I can understand... the old-timers, I am just frustrated -- that do not seem to know when a thread can do without any side-tracking) ?
I'm not talking about all those non-3D forums. I'm sorry if I'm being "too serious". I just don't have a lot of time to visit this forum nowadays and I've been continuously frustrated by all the OT posts in threads that started off talking about 3D (the core of this site) and then progress into humorous-we're-all-friends-here-so-it's-fine-to-go-OT veins. It's frustrating starting a thread seeking 3D-related comments only to find it's a waste of time seeking such comments because when one idiot starts an OT post and a lot of folks just starts joining "in the OT fun" when they see that single post. I don't know about the current B3D staff but back then it was also frustrating for me to get certain prominent developers to visit (mush less participate) this forum by/when I want to point them to certain threads that I think they may be interested in but by the time I wanted to do so there were just so much OT stuff I became embarrased to do so and therefore just didn't.
Thank you and I hope you all will understand.
2) Would the mods have any reservations about deleting all posts in a thread that have nothing to do with that thread's topic; or if this would be just too much work (since we have so many participants -- new ones, I can understand... the old-timers, I am just frustrated -- that do not seem to know when a thread can do without any side-tracking) ?
I'm not talking about all those non-3D forums. I'm sorry if I'm being "too serious". I just don't have a lot of time to visit this forum nowadays and I've been continuously frustrated by all the OT posts in threads that started off talking about 3D (the core of this site) and then progress into humorous-we're-all-friends-here-so-it's-fine-to-go-OT veins. It's frustrating starting a thread seeking 3D-related comments only to find it's a waste of time seeking such comments because when one idiot starts an OT post and a lot of folks just starts joining "in the OT fun" when they see that single post. I don't know about the current B3D staff but back then it was also frustrating for me to get certain prominent developers to visit (mush less participate) this forum by/when I want to point them to certain threads that I think they may be interested in but by the time I wanted to do so there were just so much OT stuff I became embarrased to do so and therefore just didn't.
Thank you and I hope you all will understand.