Experimenting with keeping threads on topic

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I was a mod on another forum for a very short while, and we lost a lot of people over there due to perceived censorship and too-strict enforcement of their rules. So I anticipate a challenge finding a reasonable balance between enforcement of guidelines and allowing our members freedom. Since I've been mod here, I've only deleted 2 threads and have only edited someone's posts on one occasion. I think that's pretty amazing! (Everyone here ROCKS!) But even those few incidents stirred up a bit of controversy. I can only imagine how much more indignation there might be if we started policing all the little diversions and tangents that typically show up on threads. We do try to get threads back on topic if they get totally derailed, but that's very subjective. Sometimes what appears to be a tangent at first glance ends up much more interesting than the original topic! (judging by the participation)

thanks for your thoughts Monica. There's nothing like personal, first hand experience to shed light on an issue.

namaste!

ps, I think I know of that 'perceived censorship' of which thou speak.

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