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  5. Specific topics vs. Generic topics Discussion

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    Hello posters,

    I lurk here a lot, and post very little. If you look at my profile, it seems recent, but I have been coming here and to TBD for a heck of a long time. The level of hockey knowledge is high and that's what I like about coming here. It does seem as though there are a core of posters who have become accustomed to conversing among themselves to the exclusion of others. Perhaps this is more evident during the off season. Some threads are extremely long and it is difficult to wade through the twists and turns that some do take. There are examples of very good threads that stick to the original premise -- like the prospects thread, I love that one.

     

    I lurk a lot on TBD, too, under a different name (SNAFU. I often wonder who is who between the two sites, but that's a subject for a different thread). I feel as though the football knowledge there is not as high as the hockey knowledge here, but I like the fact that there are regulars there who seem more welcoming to new or infrequent contributors.

     

    In both cases, just because someone does not post often should not automatically equate to the perception of regulars that the "new guy" doesn't know what he or she is talking about. That's a small-minded way of thinking. Like those who moan on TBD about requiring a post limit before being allowed to start a thread. I've read a lot of stupid things from people with thousands of posts.

     

    As for specific vs. general threads, it is my opinion that there should be a good balance between SS and TBD. The SS threads are seriously long and there is no way to really stop them from wandering when they go on and on. It is a problem for people who want to jump in with a thought thirteen pages into a thread, only to realize that the subject was fully discussed on page six. TBD has seemingly more active moderators, but that does not stop people from starting repetitive threads about some small nuance that's contained in multiple other topics.

     

    Specificity when titling a thread is really very important.

     

    Perhaps -- and I don't know if this can be done or how much harder it would make the moderators' jobs -- if a particular thread starts going off topic couldn't someone just break it out into a new thread. If two similar threads can be merged then can't a divergent thread be split off the main thought? A new, specific title could be made also with a reference to where it originated.

     

    One last thing for the grammar/spelling police...really does it bother you that much? I notice it, too but I don't feel that it is so important to point out.

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