Hi, Mr. Rooster.
This is an honest question from me, seeking an honest opinion from you. No sarcasm or disrespect is intended in any way, so please understand that.
This is in direct reference to your "complaint" about people going off topic in "your" thread.
This is a perfect example, I think, of what I had tried to explain before about others interacting in a thread and going a bit off topic, and how, in my opinion, this is part of the enjoyment of participating in an open forum, getting to know others better, or simply responding to a post by a friend--even if it is a bit "off topic".
Now, would you say Pat is out of line in speaking of her husband here and her new grandchild? Or say one of us wanted to post a congratulations to Pat about her grandchild, and say we're sorry about her husband. As you mentioned to another moderator in another thread, do you think a moderator should step in here and edit this out of "your" thread, since it is off topic?
Also, do you think anyone else responding to Mama san here, saying they're sorry about her husband, but we're glad to see her back, would be "off topic" and should be edited out, since it was your thread personally asking about her?
According to your other thread where you mentioned people going off topic, one of the moderators should step in and delete any of the above examples I have just mentioned for Pat and Mama san--am I correct in assuming that?
Or if you say no, it's okay, why would it be okay in this thread and not in the other one you created?
Do you see our dilemma as moderators? How would I know when it was okay to allow someone to go off topic, such as I described above, or not allow it and edit their posts out, as you suggested in the other thread?
Normally I would have posted to Mama san about her health and her husand's, and to Pat about her husband and grandchild, but now I am hesitant in your thread. In anyone else's I would not hesitate.
I hope you understand the questions I've asked here in good faith here, Mr. Rooster.
I'm just trying to get a better understanding, I guess, if you think going "off topic" in someone else's thread should:
Be allowed any time, in any thread (just for a very few posts), or never allowed, or sometimes allowed? If allowed sometimes, how would we know it was okay one time and not another?
Thanks for reading this and hopefully being able to help me understand your viewpoint better.
* Pat, please understand, this has nothing to do with you!
An issue has come up on the forum in the past couple days and I am just trying to get a better understanding. Thanks!