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Add a new section "Salon" under Miscellaneous | 89 | 80.91% | |
Add a new thread prefix "Keep it Sensible" to the Lounge | 21 | 19.09% | |
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03-26-2009, 02:33 PM | #16 |
Publishers are evil!
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I have some questions.
Can someone provide some sample topics that would get posted in this new forum? When discussing this issue in the thread that started this pole I mentioned wanting a forum that I could start threads like the following -- College textbooks -- are current readers inadequate An idea for book publishers Illustrations in ebooks A list of great ebook related sites A proposal to modernize copyright laws The case for digital piracy However, it was pointed out that these kinds of threads should be started in the "News and Commentary" forum. Is this true? Or are these the kind of topics that will be posted in the New Forum? Or is the intention for the New Forum to have non-ebook related posts that aren't of a banter type nature? If a new forum is added, I liked MOd BOb's suggestion about voting on the forum's name. |
03-26-2009, 02:37 PM | #17 | |
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03-26-2009, 02:46 PM | #18 |
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Voted #2. Problem with a serious off-topic forum is that I doubt it'll get browsed as often--if I do have a question, I want casual browsers who are looking for lounging to at least get the opportunity to answer if the subject title catches their eye. And the same goes for when I'm looking to lounge and a serious subject happens to catch my eye...
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03-26-2009, 02:49 PM | #19 |
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Thanks BOb, that helps a lot.
I've decided that in this case I don't have a dog in the hunt, so I'll leave it up to the users of the Lounge. |
03-26-2009, 03:20 PM | #20 |
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I'm still yet undecided. I would like to have seen the option to leave things as they are.
I have no problems traversing the many forums in MR and picking up on the threads that interest me; but I realize the debate is over. At some point I'll probably vote for whichever option effects me the least. (Very Selfish of me, I know.) WDE. |
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03-26-2009, 03:22 PM | #21 |
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I was leaning toward option 1 but, I am now unsure.
I thought that the "News and Commentary Latest on e-books, e-paper, DRM and related technologies" section was for relating current news topics and comments related to that specific news article. My understanding was that topics of the nature that Daithi brought up were to be for the new section as they were more member thoughts and ideas not necessarily based on a specific news post but a variety of current issues. Quote:
Topics should have some connection to how members would use these device-related topics. Recipes, craft ideas/patterns, gardening.. these could and are compiled and made into pages for personal devices. These topics could be seen as ebook related. Starting threads for topics such as:Should marijuana be legalized?, Would putting the US back on the gold standard work?, and others of this nature could and probably would quickly become very heated and insulting. Quote:
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03-26-2009, 04:24 PM | #23 |
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03-26-2009, 04:30 PM | #24 |
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I vote for #1 and getting rid of the "silly" prefix as it won't be necessary anymore. If you're in the lounge it will be a given that the threads are mostly silly. If you're in the "salon", things will be a bit more subdued.
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03-26-2009, 04:35 PM | #25 | |
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I wouldn't like to see a thread get lifted-and-shifted out of the Lounge because it wasn't flippant enough to stay there. |
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03-26-2009, 04:40 PM | #26 |
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That should absolutely not be happening. It's up to the thread starter to decide where his thread belongs to as long as it fits the theme of the section.
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03-26-2009, 04:44 PM | #28 |
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03-26-2009, 05:02 PM | #29 |
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I agree with option 1 -- but "Salon" doesn't in any way imply serious to me. Is this a USA difference? "Salon-Seriously" would help! Or something else.
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03-26-2009, 05:13 PM | #30 |
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I think 'salon' is being used in the sense of an intellectual gathering.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(gathering) But I'm not sure a name has actually been decided - so it may just be a place holder for now. |
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