Should off-topic posts be allowed on the forums?

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fords8 said:
Yeah we were off topic. Working while in school is not picking what you do for the rest of your life. Jobs here are bagging food or a paper route are after school jobs.
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Oh yes it is, ya dummy! :p Work experience influences what you do later in life. Provides more opportunities and all that. Teachers place too much emphasis on academics, when experience is useful in later life. Think you got the wrong end of the stick :p My comment about apprenticeships was just a quick side comment.

Regardless I think it's a good idea to allow off-topic posts provided the conversation flows. But hey, your forum :)

We're going off topic here now in this thread by debating whether or not we were off-topic :p sorry :D
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My posts are being auto-merged although you've already posted just so you know. Just because I didn't reload the page to see your new post :eek:

I apologise, should I change it back? I don't want to disrespect you, and I sincerely apologise if that's how it came across. You own the site. And I mean it.
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Auto-merged f'ed it up, so sorry about that.
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It is fine. The offtopic posting will never change. But you can leave it. A general question like this could be interesting.

Maybe an area for just this on any forum could do well.
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
The lounge is the section for it, I guess?
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That wasn't me saying we should make a topic or area for it. We do have a BS topic also.

Debate HQ BS Topic

This is for our everyday BS. Post away! Lets have some fun.
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I guess that could be the place where it could go down. It is just a BS topic.
 
To answer the thread's title an off topic section is crucial to a debate forum. It's a good way to take the tension off if you're in a middle of a heated debate. It helps to remind you that you are talking to another individual on the other side of the computer screen, and it's a good way to get to know other members.
 
Ravenfreak said:
To answer the thread's title an off topic section is crucial to a debate forum. It's a good way to take the tension off if you're in a middle of a heated debate. It helps to remind you that you are talking to another individual on the other side of the computer screen, and it's a good way to get to know other members.
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Sorry, perhaps my question wasn't clear.
I was just curious about your view of the rules (with respect for Fords8 of course that the rule will never change here) where off-topic posts are strictly forbidden, even where the conversation is **NATURALLY** drifting off-topic?
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Sorry, perhaps my question wasn't clear.
I was just curious about your view of the rules (with respect for Fords8 of course that the rule will never change here) where off-topic posts are strictly forbidden, even where the conversation is **NATURALLY** drifting off-topic?
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My apologies I must have misread your post. I would split off topic discussions in a thread if it continues to be derailed so to speak so that separate conversation doesn't affect the rest of the debate in the thread. I do this though on any forum, for example I have a video game forum currently. If someone has started to go off topic, I'd split the posts into a new topic.
 
Ravenfreak said:
My apologies I must have misread your post. I would split off topic discussions in a thread if it continues to be derailed so to speak so that separate conversation doesn't affect the rest of the debate in the thread. I do this though on any forum, for example I have a video game forum currently. If someone has started to go off topic, I'd split the posts into a new topic.
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That makes sense. It's never how I've interacted really, as in real life, I think it's most crucial that the conversation just flows, but of I respect your opinion :)
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Sorry, perhaps my question wasn't clear.
I was just curious about your view of the rules (with respect for Fords8 of course that the rule will never change here) where off-topic posts are strictly forbidden, even where the conversation is **NATURALLY** drifting off-topic?
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@Nomad I think you may have missed this, sorry :)
 
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