what was the ultimate purpose of the non-nix forum?

When LQ established this non-NIX forum, was the goal to cheerfully allow discussion that was consciously irrelevant to Linux, to make LQ a site for discussing absolutely anything; or was it to protect users who were concerned only with Linux, by setting up a wastebasket to capture the irrelevancies and keep them out of sight? You will probably answer "both," I suppose, but I am supposing the second purpose was stronger, because if it weren't, the moderators would be less likely to ever restrict the content in any way.
I once tried to punk LQ with a fake anti-Bush message here in non-NIX, seeking to mock the idiots who bring non-Linux-related topics (especially their politics) onto a Linux website, but a moderator saw it almost instantly, and closed it. Must have been a lazy day for him, because this older thread, which is hilarious, went on for a full day before being closed. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-sucks-529010/

LQ.org is a technical forum, no matter what. Every forum I have ever been to have a General/Off-topic section. It is "standard", because people sometimes have a sick cat or a problem with their crappy Asus motherboard or just feel like they need to vent. It is necessary.

Still, LQ.org is, as I said, a technical forum. Not only that, it is also an International forum. Since we have different cultures accessing the site, some things are better left alone. Many don't give a damn who the US president is/was or how many States it has. Other don't really care if drugs are allowed in Netherlands or not. Apply that to everything else: Religion, Politics and every other thing that generate discussion, fights and war. Now think again: How would these kind of threads be beneficial to LQ.org? Or to the members? Or the members children accessing the site? How would LQ.org look when people looking for answers to their problem with computers comes up on a google search leading to something "controversial", with foul language and immature things?

There are lots of forums out there which are not moderated and serve for that purpose. Even youtube is "soft-moderated". You can use the F-word as much as you feel like it. It is the best place for the children who think they can kick everyone's butt.

And I hope you did not create the Antibush account just to start a flamewar, because that my friend, is the most immature thing I've seen here yet and I've been here for years now...

No, no, no..."Antibush" was not me. I at least used an ID that pretended to be nominally interested in Linux.

Originally Posted by newbiesforever Must have been a lazy day for him, because this older thread, which is hilarious, went on for a full day before being closed. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-sucks-529010/

Unfortunately, statistics are stacked against a public site like LQ.org, and people are well...people. Given enough hits, any public site will eventually attract the "finest human nature" that people can vomit forth. That's why moderators exist.

He was obviously just trolling. I don't think the mods here would close a thread that is focused on a particular political subject. But just shouting 'Bush stinks!' isn't going to do anything good.

I don't know--it did make me laugh. I sort of feel that it was more authentic in its childish rage than the absurd political statement I would use when posting fake book reviews at Amazon (yes, my trying to fool LQ was not a new stunt), which went something like this: "As everything is political, all books which are not politically correct remain frivolous to the cause and therefore should, and eventually will, be suppressed. Why can't you Americans submit to the loving power of the community? Why can't you embrace the coming socialist order? Obey!" (I picked up the "frivolous" remark from Bertolt Brecht, who wrote that literature that did not serve the political cause "[would] remain utterly frivolous.")

If a troll trolled people about his troll would it be trolling?
newbiesforever, I don't see you asking any question you really give a s*** about in this post.

>> "what was the ultimate purpose of the non-nix forum?"

probably the purpose a non-nix forum in a linux related forum is to remind people that the ultimate purpose of linux is to become a "mature" system that it is a "standard" thing to do(or to think of) when everyone got their first pc or laptop ...

but seems that people are still wrestling("struggle for mastery" according to dictionary.com ) with good enough cd recording application ... windows or not ...


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Maybe it is all about freedom?
Edward

with responsibility ...

get there first then say ... by that time freedom will come to you whether you like it or not and you dont even need to demand it ... but i think you may even find it disturbing and too distracting by that time ...

beware of people who cry with foul language like "i care when ... " , "i wept when ... " , "in many many sleepless nights" and so on ... you are not going anywhere ...


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General is our equivalent of the traditional /dev/null forums - it's a place to post those non-technical questions that have nothing to do with anything. And Windows questions

We don't do political threads here and we don't do religion threads. There are many better places for them, if we allowed either here they would need a mod on constant watch to make sure no one chucks their toys out of the pram.

Since Mod-bot(tm) is still offline (Jeremy's code fixes break it more and more) the human moderators have to intervene manually. It happens that we're out when crappy threads arise - out with friends, out at work, out with family, even if we're lucky, sleeping. So it can happen that threads stay alive for a while when they shouldn't.

Best way not to let these sort of threads go on and make one of us look closely at your posting history (while wearing a smoking jacket and rubbing our chins thoughtfully) is not to start them.

General: This forum is for non-technical general discussion which can include Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun!

(..guess where you'd be posting this question if not here..)

As megamanx says LQ.org is a technical forum. In this general forum most of the threads are somehow related to linux experiences (not technical mind).

As I observe, the most clicked and bumped up threads are like "why do you use linux or why did you switch", "For those who must use windows, what did you instal first"...

Most threads here also have to do with linux.

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for posting anyting to

www.windowsquestions.org
(look where that site ends up!)

[surprised] Did that site flop and get assimilated by LQ?