Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

He's just a very visible one thanks to his giant face. :p

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

Well then, I stand corrected, and I give further props to the rest of the crew as well. Good job guys. :D

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

The very first post of the thread included a prediction and I submitted a different prediction. How the very first post in the thread can be off-topic is beyond me.

The fourth post in the thread didn't mention that predictions were off-topic here and in fact said, "Fun-filled release date speculation is not something I have a problem with (as long as it's clear to all involved that it is just rampant speculation without any information behind it) :-)"

Why didn't GA post a rebuke to that poster saying his comment was off-topic?

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

Don't feel bad dude. All three of this threads responders who are not members of the "council" were corrected...

Howzat for having fun, eh? :p

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

The man has zero people skills.

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

I don't know how to respond to that and it definitely isn't the topic of this thread...

Unfortunately off topic statement posts like this from someone who hasn't posted previously in the thread might be the reason some feel the need to over correct and police threads in the first place.

(cough, cough... TROLL ...cough)

Neither behavior makes for a smooth running forum, IMHO. :)

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

It seems to me that people "policing" the thread in an anal manner was the cause of this particular off-topic branch. Was that worth the post stating that a prediction was outside the scope of the thread (even though one was present in the original post)? It seems to me that the people doing the "policing" are the ones being antagonistic here, not the poor sap that sees a prediction in the original post and responds with his/her own view.

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

Additionally, have you considered that just IGNORING off-topic posts will end the off-topicness? Responding that the post was off-topic has engendered at least five posts responding to the post saying the post was off-topic! If GA had left well enough alone, it probably would have ended there. IMHO, ignoring posts that you think are off-topic/senseless is better than being an anal policeman.

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

The problem is the topic (the imminent maemo.org update) has nothing to do with Fremantle or the next generation of tablets. The link the original poster saw was non-existant. Jaffa corrected this and so we're left with only the real topic. If you want to talk about the maemo.org update, this is a fair place to do it, but if you want to speculate about hardware releases, you want one of the two-dozen other threads on the subject.

Your trolling skills, however, are top-notch.

itT is getting ready for a massive influx of new users, which we have to get ready for if we expect this forum to maintain any sort of stability and structure through such a massive growth. This is why we've been undergoing the forum reorg and moderator activity has stepped up. If we just let things run rampant here then it's going to get very rough when all those new users start showing up.

Re: New Maemo.org coming Wednesday 22 April
 

The question is, do you WANT new people here? If someone is new, sees something in the ORIGINAL post of a thread, and responds to it, and then gets "policed", how welcome do you think they will feel?