Originally Posted by EvilMike

There's a difference between contributing to a conversation and posting stuff like this.



Also it appears as if the sarcasm in my previous post, particualry towards the end, was missed. I make those threads because some people find them funny. I see that as a positive thing.

If you don't find them funny, oh well. I'll gladly stop it if enough people want. I try to keep such behaviour within theads though, so I don't see what the big problem is. And when I do act silly/dumb in other peoples threads, at least I do it in a way meant to be funny in the context of the thread, as opposed to just randomly spamming unrelated images or something.

The important thing for people to realize is that if their post does not suit the thread, it does not belong in the thread. That is something the JCF seems to have a problem with at the moment, and I feel changing that is important. I label anything offtopic as anything that does not suit the conversation, and stuff that is vastly different from how the thread started (without good reason).

For example, the reason this post is not off topic is because I am writing it with the whole "improving the jcf" idea in mind. This is not a direct reply to the original post, but it still suits the discussion at hand. Conversely, the little 1 on 1 conversation blackraptor and littlefreak had was pointless and could have been handled elsewhere.

I've seen too many threads on this forum be derailed and pretty much destroyed through off topic posting. If anyone ever feels like starting up a new conversation, we have a bunch of these buttons for that exact reason.


I apologise if my naming of people offends anyone. I am merely using examples that are conveniently available within this thread.