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Halx,

Would it be possible to give the thread starter certain mod privelidges over their own threads, after they were a full member? I'm thinking in terms of setting the tone for the type of language allowed in the thread and so forth. It seems that some of what is being talked about in this thread is that people have different preferred modes of conversation. If the forum is to be truly diverse, perhaps we could have a way to allow certain types in certain threads, while disallowing it in others. For instance, I have a feeling that jj would have a far different preference than would shanni.

in regards to the thread(s) with jinn, i haven't reviewed the threads in a while to get the exact details, but in particular the thread about depression - what i recall is a lot of people telling jinn that he had no fucking idea what he was talking about, and that he might want to do some reading on depression. as i recall, jinn's basic premise was the people who didn't overcome their depression and who allowed it to substantially interfere with their daily lives were losers, and apparently some members felt that was an incredibly stupid thing to say. i agree - that was an incredibly stupid thing to say. i'm not sure i'm really against allowing members to express that viewpoint. jinn has also received his share of love on the boards as well. how do you tell someone they have no idea what they're talking about, without it coming off as being personal - particulary if they make the op of a personal/opinion-based tone?

Re: Newbies thing: I personally don't get it. I don't think I went there once when I joined. I read the rules, and I started posting in Nonsense. I guess I don't understand why people want to "introduce" themselves on an internet forum, and why people would want to go "welcome" them? Is this farily common on forums? It seems to me that all of that will be handled naturally enough in the threads....

/perhaps a minor point, but i never thought any of that was really that big of a deal - yet a lot of people are mentioning the Newbies section it seems.

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