Im glad this section of the forum re-opened!

I was frequently coming to see what was going on with this 'general' section of LQ as it was the only one worth to engage IMO, apart from other technical stuff.

Hope you guys are doing all well btw!

I am well, thank you! I hope things are well for you too. It is wonderful to have this forum back on-line.

I'm glad too. Hopefully the new rules will make this a more civilised place than it became recently. Thanks, Jeremy!

What they said.

Where are those new rules?

Originally Posted by clueless_dolt Where are those new rules?

The rules are literally right at the top of this forum.

This forum is for non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun! NOTE: All new threads will be moderated. Political threads will not be approved.

Originally Posted by hitest The rules are literally right at the top of this forum.

You are right, thanks. I failed to notice the box cause I was expecting a thread.

Originally Posted by clueless_dolt You are right, thanks. I failed to notice the box cause I was expecting a thread.

You're welcome. I think the new rules are a good thing. I'm glad you're here.

Thanks to those who do the thankless task of moderating this forum.

Originally Posted by RandomTroll Thanks to those who do the thankless task of moderating this forum.

Back when my first software company was getting off the ground, I decided to start a forum. I very quickly discovered two things:

1. My customers had not asked for a forum, and generally did not participate.
2. I loathed being "a moderator!"

Therefore, within a matter of a few weeks, the forum was permanently gone. And, nobody missed it. Not one single person who had ever placed an order asked to have it back. (The "private support message" facility was used frequently.)

"Moderators" have to work constantly, literally every day, to "de-pollute" any forum website. My tiny experience gave me new respect for them – and I'll never volunteer to be one.

Originally Posted by sundialsvcs "Moderators" have to work constantly, literally every day, to "de-pollute" any forum website.

I think that in such a case no message should be posted until moderated.

Originally Posted by sundialsvcs My tiny experience gave me new respect for them – and I'll never volunteer to be one.

Me, too. I moderate a few now, populated almost entirely by respectful people, and enjoy it.

Originally Posted by RandomTroll I think that in such a case no message should be posted until moderated.

That quickly proves to be unmanageable. Some [business ...] sites do use this policy, but it is basically "letters to the editor." It does not lead to "conversation." And it leads to an awful lot of not-revenue-producing tedious work by staff. ("The editors.")

Unfortunately, I see "threads 1-14 of 14." In other words, all of the previous content appears to have ... disappeared.

Decades of it. Apparently gone.

Originally Posted by sundialsvcs Unfortunately, I see "threads 1-14 of 14." In other words, all of the previous content appears to have ... disappeared. Decades of it. Apparently gone.

I think there's a little dropdown thing at the bottom where you can change it to like the entire time, it shows many pages for me.

does this work?
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...c&daysprune=-1

Originally Posted by sundialsvcs That quickly proves to be unmanageable. Some [business ...] sites do use this policy, but it is basically "letters to the editor." It does not lead to "conversation." And it leads to an awful lot of not-revenue-producing tedious work by staff. ("The editors.")

It may be a slow conversation but it still can be. If it saves support work that would improve the status of the product enough to make it pay...