Thread ownership

[Tsukiyomi]

I've noticed on this and probably every other Forum I've ever been a member of that there's a kind of 'thread ownership' that goes on on boards. For example, a person will start a thread asking a question and woe betide the person who chimes in with an answer that doesn't address that question. Sometimes a person will throw a reply in that's either irrelevant (or irreverent). Sometimes it's deliberate and at other times it's an innocent remark that might not answer the original post. I saw it elsewhere just today when a question was asked and somebody gave a reply that the OP didn't like. The OP wasted no time in coming back with a smart-arse remark about this being 'his thread' and that answer wasn't what he was looking for - basically treating the replier like an idiot.

So I've decided to turn this into a Poll Question - do you think a thread's a thread, and if it's on a Public Forum you can answer it in any way you like or do you believe the person who starts the thread gets to set the rules for the topic in question and subsequent replies?

EDIT/DISCLAIMER: I mistakenly used the term "Public Forum" in my Poll Question. It isn't and there are of course rules that apply. This poll isn't questioning that or those rules, it's about the smaller details within an individual thread

 

[zeppelin101]

I dont see a poll but yea i think if someone asked something on a public forum it is subject to whatever the people want to say about it imo

 

[PINKBITS]

 

[mrpesca]

It's a f***ing free-for-all here as you've noticed. Nobody owns anything here.

I do think people should try to stay on topic if possible. If you have diarrhea of the mouth as do a lot of folks here you should probably wait for a thread you actually know something about or perhaps find another forum to spew your useless drivel.

 

[Alligatorbling]

 

[brianugly]

I think the MOD's can dictate a thread if needs be, but the OP doesn't own the thread. I do think that if someone is asking a valid question they should be able to get a real answer without being belittled, but hey, its the internet.

 

[dennistruckdriver]

 

[FLICKOFLASH]

This is a private owned open forum so if you come off half baked we have the right to remove , edit or delete & even remove your membership

 

[mrpesca]

And apparently "Oh Snap" is a perfectly legitimate reply to just about any thread. This week anyway. They'll tire of it soon enough.

 

[Lyrica]

This is a private owned open forum so if you come off half baked we have the right to remove , edit or delete & even remove your membership

well flick, i come off as half baked, or even fully baked almost all the time lolol. but i think that i try to make a point without being nasty and perhaps that's why i'm still here despite being half baked

 

[dennistruckdriver]

 

[PINKBITS]

 

[Hyper]

And apparently "Oh Snap" is a perfectly legitimate reply to just about any thread. This week anyway. They'll tire of it soon enough.

At least it's better than "cool"!

 

[River]

 

[ToothDecay]

Every thread should be like a little communist country, where the OP tells every poster in the thread what to do, and there will be dozens of little dictatorships. This will lead to someone declaring war on another thread, then the forums turn into a whole shitstorm until the whole forum asplodes and we all virtually die

 

[dennistruckdriver]

 

[River]

Every thread should be like a little communist country, where the OP tells every poster in the thread what to do, and there will be dozens of little dictatorships. This will lead to someone declaring war on another thread, then the forums turn into a whole shitstorm until the whole forum asplodes and we all virtually die

I hereby declare war on your post.

 

[RevaD]

I've noticed on this and probably every other Forum I've ever been a member of that there's a kind of 'thread ownership' that goes on on boards. For example, a person will start a thread asking a question and woe betide the person who chimes in with an answer that doesn't address that question. Sometimes a person will throw a reply in that's either irrelevant (or irreverent). Sometimes it's deliberate and at other times it's an innocent remark that might not answer the original post. I saw it elsewhere just today when a question was asked and somebody gave a reply that the OP didn't like. The OP wasted no time in coming back with a smart-arse remark about this being 'his thread' and that answer wasn't what he was looking for - basically treating the replier like an idiot.

So I've decided to turn this into a Poll Question - do you think a thread's a thread, and if it's on a Public Forum you can answer it in any way you like or do you believe the person who starts the thread gets to set the rules for the topic in question and subsequent replies?

If it was up to the OP what gets posted in the thread, what does the OP need replies for?

Why does a forum need moderators?

Why would ANYONE think a thread is "thiers"? ALL FORUMS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND AS SUCH, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" RIGHTS. In fact, the forum owner OWNS every post you make, unless stipulated otherwise in the agreement when you signed up.

 

[Tsukiyomi]

This is a private owned open forum so if you come off half baked we have the right to remove , edit or delete & even remove your membership

Yeah, I tried to include the words "Within forum rules and within reason" but it made my Poll option too long. Although my question is more about posters going totally o/t from the initial post rather than being a dick or breaking Forum rules

 

[PINKBITS]