Agobot writes:
PS. Staying strictly on topic in a forum like this is practically impossible. I am doing my best to avoid offtopics, but if i have to choose between opening a thousand highly inter-related threads and going mildly offtopic, I'd go with the mild offtopics.
No human conversation ever stays on topic for very long. As long as discussion revolves generally about the topic's main theme, the moderators will have no concerns.
But there are a couple circumstances that moderators will pounce on right away, and to some observers it will appear like a reaction out of the blue with no provocation:
- Some members have a pet topic they are helpless to resist, and they will introduce this topic at the drop of a hat into any thread. Once moderators become aware of the pattern they will pounce on instances of it immediately. Randman used to introduce Haeckel into almost every thread. ICANT loves to talk about what came before the Big Bang. JohnFolton brings up everything everywhere.
- Some topics are so hot that they tend to immediately divert a thread. For instance, it raises moderator alarm bells when someone while discussing something else drops in the comment that, "There's no such thing as God," or for another example, "Only intelligence can create complexity." Moderators tend to jump on these "topic diverters" pretty quickly.
Hope this helps.
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