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Subject: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe

Author:
Campisi
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Date Posted: 12:42:20 01/13/06 Fri

>The rules have been updated to address threads that take on >the nature of chat sessions and the practice of hijacking >threads. This rule will be diligently enforced.
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>9. Trivial Conversations/Hijacking Threads. Moderators >reserve the right to delete or modify any trivial >discussion that takes on the nature of a chat session. The >definition of such a chat will be determined by the >moderators, but could include any lengthy discussion >between only two or three people, or a discussion that >begins on-topic but is "hijacked" and then becomes a chat. >Such practices clutter the forums, making it difficult for >others to enjoy the boards.

Well, for the most part, I see no problems with this rule. Actually, I'm somewhat surprised such a rule didn't exist in the first place. The only part I'm concerned with is this:
"The definition of such a chat will be determined by the moderators, but could include any lengthy discussion between only two or three people..."

My problem with this is that it basically prevents discussion except for at peak times. Whenever those "responsible" for the offenses leading up to this new rule are available to post on the boards, there are rarely more than two or three in any single discussion thread. Those of us who are at the Cafe in the midnight hours (or our esteemed international members) would have to have every single person currently on the board posting in every discussion in order to allow us to participate without violating this rule.

Your thoughts?

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Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe Supercheese 12:51:19 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 12:57:12 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 13:03:27 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 13:11:03 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 13:26:20 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 13:30:12 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 13:38:07 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 13:39:49 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 13:49:07 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 13:50:50 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 14:00:51 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 14:02:48 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 14:04:52 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 17:35:46 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 17:53:13 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 17:56:23 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Rachel, 18:03:15 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 18:11:26 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 18:13:26 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 18:17:30 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 18:18:47 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Rachel, 18:19:53 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 18:23:20 01/13/06 Fri

That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 18:29:55 01/13/06 Fri

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 00:23:36 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 00:50:06 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 00:52:07 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Supercheese, 00:54:22 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 01:17:54 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 01:21:43 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 01:40:06 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Supercheese, 01:42:06 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 01:59:08 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 02:07:17 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Supercheese, 09:37:03 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 01:49:24 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 01:58:58 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 02:10:31 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Andy, 02:13:59 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 02:17:24 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 02:21:48 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Andy, 02:29:30 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 02:31:37 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Andy, 02:37:46 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Campisi, 21:41:23 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 02:38:06 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- ANdy, 02:42:30 01/14/06 Sat

Re: That's it, I give up! -- Ritalinus, 02:45:59 01/14/06 Sat

Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 02:49:46 01/14/06 Sat

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Andy, 02:56:12 01/14/06 Sat

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 21:42:41 01/14/06 Sat

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 22:15:44 01/14/06 Sat

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 22:48:22 01/14/06 Sat

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 00:10:46 01/15/06 Sun

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 00:53:19 01/15/06 Sun

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 17:07:40 01/15/06 Sun

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 11:21:41 01/16/06 Mon

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 22:39:22 01/16/06 Mon

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 00:40:04 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Supercheese, 13:01:06 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 17:54:31 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 21:59:04 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Supercheese, 22:19:29 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Ritalinus, 22:30:53 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Supercheese, 22:39:37 01/17/06 Tue

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Andy, 03:05:29 01/18/06 Wed

Re: Forgot to add this... -- Campisi, 17:43:36 01/18/06 Wed

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe Framwinkle 23:09:40 01/13/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 00:25:10 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Andy, 00:46:36 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 00:53:18 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 01:52:34 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 02:04:37 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 02:08:48 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 02:23:02 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 02:34:39 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 21:45:57 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 22:07:13 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 22:08:42 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 22:17:54 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 22:51:46 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 23:00:01 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 23:26:08 01/14/06 Sat

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 00:13:07 01/15/06 Sun

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 00:54:27 01/15/06 Sun

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 13:00:55 01/15/06 Sun

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 15:30:33 01/15/06 Sun

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 16:01:13 01/15/06 Sun

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 11:26:04 01/16/06 Mon

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 12:18:29 01/16/06 Mon

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 00:49:13 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 00:56:01 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 09:37:18 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 13:02:32 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 17:55:35 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 20:15:18 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 20:40:28 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 21:57:40 01/17/06 Tue

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 17:45:25 01/18/06 Wed

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 18:35:34 01/18/06 Wed

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 22:34:40 01/19/06 Thu

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Supercheese, 23:58:21 01/19/06 Thu

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 02:04:06 01/20/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Ritalinus, 02:21:06 01/20/06 Fri

Re: New Rule at the Acorn Cafe -- Campisi, 12:57:30 01/20/06 Fri