I'm taking a primarily wait-and-see attitude, but there's a trend I've been seeing lately, and it's one that I hope that our anonymous moderators don't continue.
We all want to maintain a civil attitude and make these forums a welcome place for players to engage in discussion. Occasionally, a discussion shifts from the topic of the original post, as normal conversations are wont to do. This might make it harder for someone later to find a past discussion because of the confluence of topics. I think the wrong approach to take to this is to chastise the community at large for straying off-topic. This does the opposite of keeping tone constructive and helping people to feel welcome. I have no problem with splitting threads, or other methods of maintaining topic coherence, but unless it's something completely out of left field, rebuke isn't the right answer.
Thanks for caring,
Jimmy
PS - I'm with Scott on the Paladin of Chaos
We all want to maintain a civil attitude and make these forums a welcome place for players to engage in discussion. Occasionally, a discussion shifts from the topic of the original post, as normal conversations are wont to do. This might make it harder for someone later to find a past discussion because of the confluence of topics. I think the wrong approach to take to this is to chastise the community at large for straying off-topic. This does the opposite of keeping tone constructive and helping people to feel welcome. I have no problem with splitting threads, or other methods of maintaining topic coherence, but unless it's something completely out of left field, rebuke isn't the right answer.
Thanks for caring,
Jimmy
PS - I'm with Scott on the Paladin of Chaos