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The thing is, not EVERYONE thinks it would be an improvement.

Bingo - I wouldn't find it an improvement.

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It takes communication about what we all want and working out how to do that.

Isn't that what we are trying to do here?

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Isn't that what we are trying to do here?

Exactly, I just wanted to be sure I knew what I was saying also!

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I just don't see any harm with the way it is right now. Again, no one is forced to read any of the threads. There are several threads that I just skip past whenever I see them. It doesn't offend me that they're there, but I have no interest in reading them, so I don't. If someone doesn't want to read an abortion thread, they don't have to. If someone doesn't want to read a Christian Bandsters thread, they don't have to. The only person making the choice of whether or not to click on those threads is the reader.

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Been away for a bit. I suggested this as a good comprimise as I have seen it work well on other boards.

Wheetsin, your right, it does say on the far right hand side what forum its in, but as a newbie, I had no idea what I was getting into.

I was simply trying to make this a better board for Lap-Band support which should be the main resaon for this board. The other stuff is fine if you want, but should be secondary. Thats just my opinion. Otherwise we should rename LapBandTalk.Com to AthiestChristianBoyloveMormanAbortionTalk.com. Maybe we really need to re-evaluate our priorities here.

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I just don't see any harm with the way it is right now. Again, no one is forced to read any of the threads. There are several threads that I just skip past whenever I see them. It doesn't offend me that they're there, but I have no interest in reading them, so I don't. If someone doesn't want to read an abortion thread, they don't have to. If someone doesn't want to read a Christian Bandsters thread, they don't have to. The only person making the choice of whether or not to click on those threads is the reader.

Technically, that's true. So you would suggest that those groups who are being battered in those threads should just not respond? What if the shoe were on the other foot and someone started posts about Atheists, or people who've had abortions or people who've chosen alternative lifestyles. Could they expect that those it offended 'just not read it'? I doubt that very seriously.

I think if the posts are going to be allowed, a person should have the option to ignore it completely from their choices. Sort of like reverse subscription. Yes, I choose to 'hide' this thread from my view.

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I just don't see any harm with the way it is right now. Again, no one is forced to read any of the threads. There are several threads that I just skip past whenever I see them. It doesn't offend me that they're there, but I have no interest in reading them, so I don't. If someone doesn't want to read an abortion thread, they don't have to. If someone doesn't want to read a Christian Bandsters thread, they don't have to. The only person making the choice of whether or not to click on those threads is the reader.

That's just it... YOU don't see any harm in it. Other people do see harm in it. While I'm not forced to read the thread I am forced to see "boy-love" on my screen. I read this forum from work for goodness sake!! A bit inappropriate I would say.

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Technically, that's true. So you would suggest that those groups who are being battered in those threads should just not respond? What if the shoe were on the other foot and someone started posts about Atheists, or people who've had abortions or people who've chosen alternative lifestyles. Could they expect that those it offended 'just not read it'? I doubt that very seriously.
People can read it if they want to or not. That's the whole point. And the shoe HAS been on the other foot, or are you forgetting the "Homosexual Liberal Atheists" thread? The fact is, no one is ever forced to start a thread or to read or respond to a thread. That's what makes the internet a great place.

I think if the posts are going to be allowed, a person should have the option to ignore it completely from their choices. Sort of like reverse subscription. Yes, I choose to 'hide' this thread from my view.

That would be perfectly fine with me. I just don't think that those threads should be segregated from the rest of the threads for everyone, just because a few people don't like them.

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That's just it... YOU don't see any harm in it.
That's the whole point I am trying to make. You see offense. I don't. Changing the way the entire board works, just to make a few people happy doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

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Would it be possible for off topic threads to not be shown in the "New Posts" section at the top. I belong to anther board with an identical format and it was decided off topic threads would not shown there. I have read several posts and I did this at one point as well, that when you click on the new post section, you don't really know what forum its in. Its obvious most are comfortable having the Rants and Raves section and have turned this board into a general board instead of a support tool. For the newbies looking for support, I think it would be a great idea for them to see only the on topic things when they check out new posts and if they want to verture further, they can. Imagine the suprise on many newbies logging in and click on new posts only to see topics on abortion, boy love, religion, etc. Just a thought.
I think this is an excellent idea and brings up a very good point. I don't care of people go at it all day long in RNR, but I would love to have a way to 'hide' the threads from newbies who come here for support and information about the lap band.

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It has my vote! ousooner, belive it or not, I have been thinking about this the past few days myself. I think it's a great functionality to be able to 'hide' the posts you're not interested in, for everyone. Unsubscribing is great, but it still pops to the top. Great idea. Thanks for taking the risk of suggesting it!

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This will never change, I shouldn't have even brought it up. This board is run by people who post probably at least 75% of their posts (looking at the posting history) in the R&R section and concentrate less on lap-band support.

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That's the whole point I am trying to make. You see offense. I don't. Changing the way the entire board works, just to make a few people happy doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

And keeping it the way it is just to make fewer people happy makes sense?

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