...about moving people's threads to different sub-forums, if I were a mod or admin.

It's a slippery slope, and you just might tend to start pissing people off if they come back and can't pick back up on a thread they were following or participating in without first hunting it down....even though it's just a "My Stuff--->Posts..." click away.

Not only that, but it's a fool's errand to try to ride herd on them, and to make decisions that folks might not like.

Better to just trust that most folks will post to the "proper" sub-forum.

I also think most folks are cool enough to say something like "Hey, were really getting into too much political discussion with this thread...let's move it to the Soapbox." And if they're not, surely there are users ( ) who will strongly suggest it.

Just something to think about.

Well, for now, we've been moving stuff to get it set up. But, I hear your point.

We were on the lookout for new ones getting posted now to help form the new habits.

What does everyone else think? Could use feedback.

Thanks!

Neil

Actually, we can leave a "marker" that shows a thread was moved, and there is a checkbox that will send a PM to the thread starter about the move.

I don't think we have too much to worry about re: moving threads. Just post them where they should be.

A PM is good, so is the marker.

I don't think people will get upset their thread is moved, I think the problem is when there is confusion and the person thinks their thread got deleted when they can't find it.

In the long run, moving threads to the proper category is best - it will build a knowledge base that people can use and search easily.

A marker is cool, I guess, but I generally HATE when threads are moved. In ANY forum—here, MCC, Adobe, Apple, MacOSXHints, Mozilla.org—ANYwhere.

And I personally don't want to have to go read a P.M. telling me a thread I participated in was moved. Maybe others get excited about seeing they have a new P.M., but I prefer them only for personal communications that are best left off the forum.

What if it's a thread I'm just reading, and not participating in?

I'd just be extremely wary of moving ANY threads.

I'm a political junkie wonkette type, but it jars me like nails on a chalkboard to see political posts "sneakin' " into the Lounge. And people know what they're doing, in spite of whatever whiny spin they put on it. I'm glad ~ very glad ~ knowing that we can count on this kind of separation.

As for the tech stuff, I'm a professional lurker and avid peeping tomette, so I'm good with browsing the different tech fora. Moving threads around in those areas seems like a much tougher job.

I think a very few are too sensitive about the thread move thingie. My two centavos.

Well, with the marker, then anyone who was participating/reading the thread will know instantly where it went. I believe that it even leaves a link.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean re: politics in general section.

I think we can keep a better handle on it now.

Here's something I posted on the Adobe Photoshop forum in response to someone who wanted to see a use of color in the Photoshop UI. The tack of my response is relevant to this discussion because it has to do with rote memory.

It's not about reading and navigating to where you want to go. In all seriousness, people don't want to have to do that, or they want to engage in active thinking about navigation as little as possible.

Try the experiments I outlined at my linked response below and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?14@@.59b6e53d/6

I don't have a problem with moving threads.

I'm glad there's a place for juicy rumours. I wasn't sure where I should post the gossip. Putting it into the different tech categories didn't make sense.