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1 | Possible Lockman Forum Improvements #2 | Bible general Archive 1 | Sir Pent | 18270 | ||
All votes count, including yours. Greetings There and Tim Moran. You both bring up valid points. I seem to have confused There and apologize for a lack of clarity about my first suggestion (limiting initial responses to 3). My intention was not to say that there could never be more than 3 responses to a question (so that our friends like There could not chime in unless they happened to get in at just the right time). Instead, I just meant that after the first 3 responses to a "primary" question begining a new thread, we would wait for the original questioner to respond before continuing to "pile on" so to speak. For instance, BillyK recently asked a question about where souls came from. There have been literally 40 responses, and none of these are from BillyK at all. This is exactly the type of thing that I wish we could avoid. I think it would be better for there to just be a few, relatively simple answers to "primary" questions. This way, new people to the forum would find it easier to read through and respond to them, instead of being confused and overwhelmed. Tim, you also brought up the point that you were uncomfortable with limiting debate beyond civility. I would hope that you would not see any of my suggestions as doing that. Adding a post at the end of a debate to summarize it does not seem to limit the debate, at least in my mind. Staying focused in a debate on the subject that the debate was supposed to be about in the beginning seems to be exactly what civility would demand. And as for limiting initial responses to primary questions, I admit that this is a limitation, however, as I tried to explain above, I think it is also the most civil and helpful way to respond to new posters. Also this limitation is not complete, if the original person elaborates after any of the three initial responses, then it becomes open season again to unload with both barrels and post as many times as wanted. I have a lot of respect for your opinions, and feel that both of you add significantly to this forum. I just hope that you can understand my heart on this issue. I feel like this forum is a phenomenal resource for the regular members, and I just want to improve it so that it can also be welcoming to "seekers" and "visitors" so that they too can benefit from it as we all have. |
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2 | Possible Lockman Forum Improvements #2 | Bible general Archive 1 | There | 18291 | ||
Thanks for clarifying those points. I still dread a "limit" being placed on the number of answers. I know I enjoy (look forward) to any and all replies that I get. To me that is "discussion". But I do understand that a mountain of responses may not be that enjoyable for everyone else, OR for new visitors coming to the forum. Anyway, thanks for elaborating! |
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