Etiquette question
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Etiquette question
I've been watching the old(ish) ToC episodes that are on Netflix; is it out of line for me to dig up the threads for those and comment on them if I feel so moved?
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Re: Etiquette question
wouldn't see why not...i see people digging up threads from several years ago on a regular basis
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I don't think there is a consensus. Somebody was doing it a few months ago to non-TOC game threads and there were complaints.
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Re: Etiquette question
That doesn't make it good etiquette (which, frankly, is what was being asked here).CasketRomance wrote: ↑Sat Nov 03, 2018 1:47 amwouldn't see why not...i see people digging up threads from several years ago on a regular basis
(ETA: Much like there's an "Older Games In J! Archive thread" here, the "Jeopardy On Netflix" thread might not be the worst spot for discussion of those games.)
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For historical organization purposes it's much better, IMO, if all discussions pertinent to a game go in the thread for that game, if such thread exists. The "New old" games thread is generally for really old games that predate JBoard (and, for the most part, any Jeopardy! Internet discussion forum, for that matter).
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Say something interesting and I don't expect people will complain...
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My general rule is "if the thread hasn't been active for more than 30 days, create a new thread".
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I think it's fine to resurrect the threads, as it isn't uncommon for that to happen to old game threads as it is. I feel like the Netflix thread should be more for general discussion about games appearing on Netflix or whatever other platform. And I also think that creating brand new threads for discussions of old games would just be a huge mess.
But Alietr should have the final say, of course.
But Alietr should have the final say, of course.
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The older a thread is, the more substantial the reply should be.
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FTFY?
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I agree with this.StevenH wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 7:13 pm I think it's fine to resurrect the threads, as it isn't uncommon for that to happen to old game threads as it is. I feel like the Netflix thread should be more for general discussion about games appearing on Netflix or whatever other platform. And I also think that creating brand new threads for discussions of old games would just be a huge mess.
I definitely agree with this as well.
As with everything on here, you're free to ignore anything that doesn't interest you. But I would prefer to avoid clutter.
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