Does it bother you if threads go off topic?

[donnashuggy]

Or if people make off topic posts in threads?

[debra9275 · Accepted solution]

Donna, I have just written to the mods, but I have gone a step further because IMO Off topic shouldn't even relate to this general chat board. If there is a disruptive post in a thread it is an IP post, not off topic post

[lurker17260]

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@azureline** wrote:

It would also appear that a lot of reporting could be being done by lurkers......so, maybe another avenue is to ask if only participants in a thread can report posts?

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No! Not me! I swear, it wasn't me!

[azureline**]

happy to hear that!

[cherry*135]

Happy here as well.

[izabsmiling]

no...it doesn't worry me

though WE wouldn't want to go off topic would we ? 

[cherry*135]

I would like to propose that only persons who have contributed to a thread be allowed to report posts as off-topic.

That is the most strange statement/request that I have ever read here.

[azureline**]

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@am*3 wrote:

I would like to propose that only persons who have contributed to a thread be allowed to report posts as off-topic.

That is the most strange statement/request that I have ever read here.

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I would like to propose that only persons who are participating in a thread be allowed to report posts in that thread, if they are warranted

[twinkles**stars]

What may seem off topic to some may not to others, same with interpersonal disbutes etc 🙂

[*pepe · Accepted solution]

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@am*3 wrote:

I would like to propose that only persons who have contributed to a thread be allowed to report posts as off-topic.

That is the most strange statement/request that I have ever read here.

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why is it strange?

its a well known fact that lurkers report posts for reasons known only to themselves.

why should an onlooker who is not willing to publicly participate in a thread have any say in how that thread progresses?

that report button has been a control tool for way too long and its time that changed.

[debra9275]

It makes sense to me