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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, you're right, it's not a peer-reviewed journal, but I wasn't using credibility in the sense that all the facts are checked. What I meant by it is that this forum should be a free exchange of ideas. Running to Jeff  or threatening Jeff every time you (and I don't mean you personally; it's a global use of the word) disagree with a post or find it to be too mean-spirited damages the notion of freely exchanging ideas. While it may be a privately-owned site so a person's right to free speech doesn't apply (check the FAQ section for details), if a free exchange of ideas is not allowed, however mean, inaccurate, etc., they may be, then all it becomes is a forum to promote your own agenda -- and I suspect this is NOT what the originators of DCUM had in mind when they created the site.[/quote]

This forum isn't just a place for the 'free exchange of ideas'.   It's a place people come for advice or information on specific issues.  If I start a thread looking for information on something, what you call a 'free exchange of ideas' could be interfering with my quest for information and the thread I started is of no use to me. Jeff and Maria have been pretty clear that they want this site to useful.   If some responders are unable to keep to the question asked and the OP requests that responses to stay on topic, I have no problem with the OP contacting Jeff and Maria for intervention.  You are always welcome to start your own thread for your free exchange of ideas, just don't hijack someone else's.  [/quote]

If you really want good, solid advice, an anonymous forum where tangents are very likely to occur is not the place to do it. Consult a friend, doctor, colleague, or family member instead and stop whining to Jeff and Maria that nobody is addressing your needs because they are having a tangential dicussion in a thread you started. You don't own DCUM! Start your own version if you want people to only stick to your topic. I think plenty of people will agree that sometimes those tangential discussions can be way more informative or interesting than what the OP originally had in mind -- and that's what keeps us coming back.[/quote]

So, your need/desire to go off on a tangent is more important than someone’s request for information or advice?  I don’t understand why you find it so difficult to start your own thread.  I’ve gotten great advice on DCUM about things I’m only comfortable posting about anonymously or about things I really don’t know who to ask.  Sure, some tangents may get started (and people often apologize about it) and that’s fine but when a thread gets hijacked or when people start spewing, it discourages others interested in the OP from engaging.  In those cases,  I have no problem asking for an intervention.  If Jeff/Maria think it’s appropriate, they will - and it doesn't seem to have a negative effect on the site traffic.  You don’t like it.  So what?  You don’t own DCUMs.  If you don’t like having your posts deleted or told to stay on topic and don’t want to start a new thread where you can discuss something of interest to YOU, stop bitching and moaning and start your own site.  Just because YOU find a hijack informative or helpful doesn’t mean an OP can’t ask that the thread she started be kept on topic so she can get what she’s looking for. Your need doesn't outweigh hers.   If a tangent is so informative or helpful, it’ll get plenty of traffic on a new thread and an OP can get what she's looking for.  That's a win-win.  
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