@Danny On this board you may discuss non-lighting related subjects, such as your other hobbies and interests, or anything else you would like to share with the community. As always, discussions must remain respectful. Please refrain from obscene, sexually explicit, or controversial religious or political matters.
Nothing I have seen in this section has violated these rules for a while, do you mind defining what you mean by "abused"? If these rules were to be changed, making this section only for "other topics of interest" and not for "anything else you would like to share", I can see how that has the potential to make this section less controversial, but of course that is subjective and we can't know for sure.
@Alex great no we can ignore the cancer and feed it...
Honestly its pretty telling that on other forums i can upload daily, get in the area of 3-8 comments on average and non of them is junk! And here, i try to get back in every few months and either i get spam as a comment that i have to delete or nothing, meanwhile the off topic cancer is nurishedtothe maximum, and yes now i am doing it as well.
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May I ask what other forums you are talking about? Do you mean lighting forums? Because if so I would definitely love to see it to compare. And yeah unfortunately there are always a few nuisance junk comments here from some users, but in my opinion it really doesn't cause that much of a hassle, and that is one of the risks that I knowingly accept being part of a forum.
I don't think that being able to ignore the off-topic sections could possibly make the situation
worse, I mean I think it just benefits people that don't want to get involved with it. I personally would say it's a net improvement, even though I won't be using it.
Edit: I thought you might have deleted the comment yourself so I didn't comment on the rest of it, but that was not the case so I will do so here.
Like I said with RCM442, let's not insult people. No need to call people depressed, deplorable, mentally ill, unstable, incompetent, dumb, unwilling, or lazy. You as well are a relatively helpful and mature member on LG, and I was not expecting that from you. No offense of course but next time you try and prove a point let's try to do it in a more respectful manner. Obviously I have no control over what you say but I would like to think that you want LG to be a safe place for people.
@RCM442 I don't want to offend you at all of course, but discouraging posts about medical issues directly after talking about your own medical issues is probably not the strongest thing to do here, assuming you are trying to be a role model for the behavior of other members here.
Also, belittling the problems of others (no matter how insignificant you may think their experience was) can be considered unprofessional, I am sure you are aware you are in a position of responsibility here. If you saw someone else doing what you are doing right now, would you be tempted to step in as a moderator? No matter how valid an insult may be, the purpose is always to make someone feel worse, which is always unnecessary even if you think the other person deserves it.
