Discussion vs Chat

[Lossentilien]

Yeh. I'm up with Elentari. Her post was just meant to be ironic and funny, which I think it was, and it's not like it was wildly off topic anyway. And I definatly don't think something like that would be worth stopping posting abilities.

And don't get mad or anything, this is a genuine question, I'm not taking the mick, but why is it so bad if people occasionally go off topic? Like Elentari said, can't you just ask them? Or start it up again? Most of the time I think they'd get back to the subject at hand anyway (given the chance), but it's nice to talk to the members in general, so could you not just warn a closure of a topic, to give them a chance, before deleting it?
I'm not saying I could do it better, I'm just asking why it annoys you so much.

[ May 13, 2003: Message edited by: Lossentilien ]