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@cee-dee wrote:

 

 

I think what's really turned off a lot of previous posters is the multitude of wanna-be commedians who seem to think it's fun to turn any thread ("serious" or not) in to a slap-stick routine either by making stupid remarks or posting stupid pics all of which have no bearing on the thread in question and couple that with personal comments/insults, direct or veiled and a lot of the reasons for not posting are there.

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Maybe it should be up to each individual OP to lay down the ground rules for their OWN threads instead of one or two posters trying to dictate how they think everyone on the whole forum should behave.

Personally I like a bit of humour but I can understand that some posters might not. I can honestly say that until this moment, I wasn't even aware that you found it all so annoying CeeDee? Maybe that is the case with others too?

As the 'host' of a discussion, I don't think it would be unreasonable for an OP to tell other contributors to stay on topic or to stop posting silly pics/comments etc. as long as it's said in a friendly non-patronising way.

It would certainly be friendlier and more constructive than just blanking people and ignoring their contributions I guess.