Religion and Ethics and Health BBS

Religion and Ethics and Health BBS
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So Ken, how do you like your New Improved Religion and Ethics BBS?

Posted by Dancing Digits on July 18, 2025, 4:26 pm

Do you really think this is an improvement?

I like how I can think about a topic for a few days, then reply and it goes back to the top.

Posted by Ken C on July 18, 2025, 9:52 pm, in reply to "So Ken, how do you like your New Improved Religion and Ethics BBS?"
Edited by board administrator July 18, 2025, 9:53 pm

I like how I can see what other people said about a topic a few days ago.

I like how I don't have to start a new thread to discuss old topics.

This format works on all my web browsers.

I usually don't use the expand/collapse function. I usually leave all the threads expanded and just scroll past the ones I'm not interested in.

That's how I like it, but everyone here is welcome to talk about how they like it.

The new format does have it's advantages

Posted by BornToFarm on July 19, 2025, 11:18 am, in reply to "I like how I can think about a topic for a few days, then reply and it goes back to the top."

If you are away for a while and post to a thread that fell off the first page that was of interest to you, it gets moved up. Otherwise, your post might be ignored.

However....

1. It enables trolls. With a couple of words, a troll can keep their thread near the top. We currently have a troll post from March on the first page. It only takes a word or two to move any post to the top.

2. Feuds never fall off the page. There have always been feuds. But in the past, they would fall off the page and get out of the road. If someone wanted to continue the feud, then they would have to start a new one. As it is now, they are always front and center.

Interesting topics are few and far between. Yet the trolls and feuds are always at the top. Don't know how to fix that.

Just my two cents, which we all know isn't worth a whole lot any more...

Human nature is not fixable. I confess. Not to being a troll

Posted by GOG on July 19, 2025, 6:06 pm, in reply to "The new format does have it's advantages"

But at being human. It’s part of the great game, only on a very minuscule scale. And yes, some posts are very uninteresting. At least to the more intelligent.

Yes, Old Feuds keep coming back to the top, but Admin can lock threads.

Posted by Ken C on July 19, 2025, 12:50 pm, in reply to "The new format does have it's advantages"

Sometimes a thread gets too hostile or out of control, so I lock it.

People are welcome to email me and suggest I lock or delete a hostile thread.

A few trolls replied to old topics just to bring them back up. I can lock those too.

I sometimes ignore boring old threads. Maybe I was ignoring old threads that Dancing Digits was troubled by.

Some people don't like threadjacking, but I like how we can branch of into related topics.

The new format here doesn't bother me. It didn't take me long at all to

Posted by Dancing Digits on July 19, 2025, 7:39 am, in reply to "I like how I can think about a topic for a few days, then reply and it goes back to the top."

adjust to the changes. I have always preferred a threaded board as opposed to the 'stacked' format where replies are posted in the order they were received.

I did not explain my thoughts so I understand why the replies I received (which are, BTW, perfectly fine and appreciated) are the ones that I did. I wasn't thinking of the board's format.

At the risk of starting another problem thread, have you read this one?:

https://mb.boardhost.com/ReligionAndEthics/msg/1752329102.html

The subject of the thread as posted in the thread's starter post was totally fine. What followed is a complete deterioration of the thread. What happened in that thread is pretty evident.

I understand (and correct me if I am wrong) that you want posters to have the freedom to state their opinion. But freedom can be taken advantage of and misused. The misuse of freedom is what is causing the deterioration of many threads here driving the quality of the board down, IMO.

It's your board. . . .

I have the same question.

Posted by observer on July 18, 2025, 6:34 pm, in reply to "So Ken, how do you like your New Improved Religion and Ethics BBS?"

It’s certainly not as convenient as the previous format.

I didn't explain what I was thinking so I understand why you responded as you did.

Posted by Dancing Digits on July 18, 2025, 7:11 pm, in reply to "I have the same question."

Don't misunderstand me, your answer is perfectly fine.

I was actually thinking about something else.

The format is a problem if I try to use Safari (I have an iMac) - it won't expand the threads. I have to use FoxFire for that. The iMac I post from is old - I have a new iMac but I reserve that for other things.

The old setup was better for the mentally challenged.

Posted by GOG on July 19, 2025, 5:50 am, in reply to "I didn't explain what I was thinking so I understand why you responded as you did."

Some of us cannot remember. I prefer seeing all the responses on the entire page. I scroll down for a quick total review of all posts and responses.

Strictly personally speaking, the format here doesn't bother me.

Posted by Dancing Digits on July 19, 2025, 7:24 am, in reply to "The old setup was better for the mentally challenged. "

It didn't take me long at all to adjust to the changes. I just use Firefox (not Foxfire) and click on the expand button at the top of the page.

I prefer the threaded format that we have here to the 'stacked' format where replies are posted in the order they were submitted. Threaded makes more sense to me, where replies are nested directly under the post the reply was meant for.

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