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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]Where is the line between a legitimate news story that belongs in one of the current forums and a "horror" story that would need to be posted in a new forum?
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Baby flushed down sewer pipe 
dad rapes children 
grandson rapes grandmother 
pedophilia is a growing problem in our society 
Growing trend of child abuse

Which of these are shock topics? Well, you can tell by the prurient nature of the headline.  [/quote]

I think this illustrates the problem here. I don't see "Baby flushed down sewer pipe" as being in the "horror" category at all. The baby lived and the father claimed it was an accident. It's more of a "News of the Weird" type of story. At least two people mentioned the story to me in real life. What about the grandmother that threw her grandchild off the walkway at Tysons? Is that a horror story or a news story since it happened where many of our posters shop?

I think this is very much an "eye of the beholder" situation. It is different than the distinction between "explicit" and "non-explicit" topics because we have all socialized rules for making that distinction. That distinction exists throughout American culture. I can see this being one big argument about what should go where. And, that doesn't address the "Recent Topics" issue. If I create a horror forum and leave it out of "Recent Topics" I expect there will be resistance to using it.

We can try to get users to be more sensitive about the topics they choose. I doubt it will have much effect, but we can try. But, here is where you can help. I need one line to go in the subject of a sticky post. Can you suggest language for that line?

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Is the possibility of misplacing the "baby flushed down the sewer pipe" thread really too high a price to pay?  I don't think it is.  I don't find my day ruined by the horror threads but I don't appreciate them and wouldn't mind if they were off in their own thread.  It's similar to the explicit threads.  We're all adults but a lot of people just don't want to see that.[/quote]

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