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New threads-rule

agape

Does anyone know please what is the rule for this forum regarding how many threads a week for example one single person may start?

Also some people here have mentioned that my posts are odd and that I was dominating the forum. I have also had remarks like this: people thought I was a bot, if anymore people like this join the forum people will be leaving and other remarks.

I would just like to mention that I believe that as long as we are not being unkind we should all be able to express ourself freely.

I have not been unkind.

For a bit of context here I have been trying to join a forum for quite some time and as I just got the courage to do so was feeling a bit elated and wanted to share a lot of things. To make it clear I am not feeling sad at all but on the contrary my philosophy of life is to make the best of it and try my best to be a loving human (as far as being human will allow). I certainly do not have trouble sleeping in fact I sleep extremely well the majority of nights and usually go to bed early. I was simply not tired that night.  Also question time is on tv at about 11pm so it wasn’t that late.  I’m sorry if I posted more threads than was welcome or if some people thought my posts were odd and were upset by this. To make sure all parties are satisfied, would you like me to only post maximum once per week I will try to do this for you because I don’t want to upset anyone for sure.  How often should I be making new threads and can you define odd for me please and why it wouldn’t be acceptable? I was thinking of leaving the forum but many people have been kind.

Thank you for the people who have been kind to me.

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  • Hi - there's no need to leave - join in and have fun - and there's no rule over starting threads - but starting so many 1-line threads doesn't add anything and doesn't really allow people to answer them before they drop off the bottom of the board to be replaced by another load of similar 1-line threads - sort of like Twitter tweets shot into thin air - and during the night, there's very few people here to answer them.

    Why not go for quality over quantity?   Smiley

    You also worried a few people wondering if something had happened and your threads were a symptom of something bigger in your life.

    Are you ok?

  • in reply to Plastic

    Are you suggesting that my posts are not good enough quality?

  • in reply to agape

    I think Plastic is just trying to help you understand that starting a thread entitled, for example, "Monopoly" and within it only making a statement such as "I have always disliked this game immensely", is a missed opportunity for a really good discussion in the Miscellaneous & Chat forum.

    Instead, you might have titled your thread with a question, for example, "Which board games don't you like and why?" and within it described and explained your reasons for this by saying something like "Because of my autism, I struggle to organise my thoughts so I don't like games of strategy, such as Monopoly. For the same reason, I also don't really enjoy games that are best played with more than 2 players. How about you? Which board games don't you like and why?"

  • in reply to agape

    You're welcome. I honestly didn't mean to cause any offence and I'm sorry if I did so.

  • in reply to Nessie

    Thank you for explaining to me 

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