Originally Posted by
Ixion
So it is just a variation of PD. And posts will not show with the New Posts utility, which will be a great nuisance.
Join the LOA group and they show up in New Posts. Don't join it and you'll never know they exist.
Originally Posted by
idb
I can see the reasoning but I access all new posts through 'New Posts' so I'll still have to wade through the same shit.
In the Good Old Days(TM) much of the OT/R&R stuff was interesting and amusing and worth reading but it seems to me that now there is a lot of crap posted between people that would be better sent by txt, e-mail or just picking up the bloody phone.
At the very least PMs could be used more.
As much as I feel uncomfortable about censorship/PC/Big Brother/whatever you like, some regulation is required wherever there is a disparate group of people interacting.
Think meeting rules, traffic regulations, accepted social norms.
Hmmm...I feel a bit better.
You're not wrong about the shift from interesting and amusing off topic stuff to spurious tripe. However, again, that's simply a function of the growth in the site. That sort of crap used to happen, but so rarely that nobody noticed. Now the percentage is still the same, but the actual number is significantly higher.
If this was censorship then things would be removed. They're not, they're just living in a different spot now.
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Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
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