I find it rather telling that you feel the need to make a comment about my post, whereas you do not seem to have a problem with alanw's post, which pretty clearly is not in the spirit our host would like to see on Flyertalk.

With regards to the thread starter's proposal, I would think that that is something that is completely up to Randy and his staff, how they would like to handle this. I pretty much agree with what you said about it.

I have no idea what you are talking about, is there some secret message in AlanW's post that I am missing?

If you wish to start a career as a comedian...well, don't quit your day job just yet.

Or perhaps I could become an attorney, obviously can't be too hard.

You're trying too hard for it to be very funny.

Anyway, let's stop this conversation, there is no point to it. If you want to keep making insults and lowering the level of the conversation further until you have reached "Yo Mama" jokes, feel free to use e-mail or private messages. I don't think there are too many people who would want to keep following this.

Since you refer to a lack of a sense of humor...I was just kidding.

No need to get defensive and aggressive.

I did not.

It is obvious that you were trying to be funny, but don't worry, I am sure you have other talents...like computer skills.

BTW, I would suggest that a moderator close this thread since it has gone off-topic.

Anyway, let's stop this conversation, there is no point to it. If you want to keep making insults and lowering the level of the conversation further until you have reached "Yo Mama" jokes, feel free to use e-mail or private messages. I don't think there are too many people who would want to keep following this.

Exactly. Good to see that we are in agreement. Seems like you are a quicker learner than one could think after having read most of your posts.

I could not have said it any better .

I could not disagree with this more.

Is the Talkboard about micromanaging to such a degree? So what if people ask about "have you ever stayed at the XYZ hotel"? If you see this, be a nice host/hostess and point out where the answer can be found. Show the person how to do a search.

Limiting "newbies" (why not say New Members? The term "Newbies" sounds a bit patronizing to me.) has what benefits exactly? Just because somebody registered last week, doesn't mean that he/she is new to this board.

New members breathe life into Flyertalk. Restricting them as though they all are on some type of probation seems counter-productive.

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Let's keep it civil and on-topic, please.

I feel we should not make a bunch of new rules to adress the misdeeds of one or a very small minority of posters.

It's kind of like creating a bloated government agency and funding it will billions of dollars to create the illusion that it is doing something in response to the action of say 19 or so passengers...

Very well put. And I'm sure many of us could dig up examples where somebody's very first post was a doozy. Meanwhile, I suspect imposing limits on new member posting might have a chilling effect on new membership to FlyerTalk. Sure, this might weed out some very sophomoric novice efforts, but it could also deter some promising newcomers. I, too, wish that everyone -- whether a newbie, a grizzled vet, or somewhere in between -- would make better use of the search function, but I think we all should be wary of artificial restrictions of newcomers, even though they sometimes vex us when they make their debuts.

Ya' mean we don't have a post/thread "limit" at present

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=169

Really!

Who knows?

-Mark

Why were so many threads closed (without explanation)?

Is it because they
- were postings of news articles (I could kind of understand that, but I thought some of them were relevant to people who are interested in travel technology) or

- because there were so many posted in a short timespan? or

- because the moderators did not like the person who started the threads?



According to the explanation here, it seems to me that at least the threads about the AMD/Centrino (wireless technology), "Longhorn builds portable protection", "Apple Fan Sites Buzz with Talk of Photo-Ready iPod" were suitable for the forum?

Huh?

Threads about similar topics were not closed...e.g. "Buying an IPOD?".

Oh well...this is probably derailing this thread here, but it is a bit confusing to see why these threads were closed like that.

Not that it is a huge deal by any means, but it's strange.