Hey Kim Let Us Discuss What We Want

I like to discuss a variety of topics with my friends and I feel my friends are here. There's more to discuss with your friends than tractors, per se. Going to explain the rest by using a paradigm.

Take a small town with 3 coffee shops. Go to each and take an assessment of the customers and conversations. Come back several times and check it out again. What you'll find (I'd bet...I know) is that each shop has it's own charisma and they are all different. There are reasons why the customers choose the shops they frequent.

Same thing applies here. Have lots of forums (shops) but you (I) feel like making certain conversations at certain ones.

My 2c.

Mark

Mark

If you read this, please read it to the end so you do not take individual statements out of context.

POLITICS AND RELIGION
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I prefer that we do not talk politics or religion here. Why? Because 99 out of 100 end up in a forum brawl with name calling and foul language. Is it my intention to limit free speech? Of course not. But there are forums set up for that type of conversation and I would prefer you go there.

That said, political discussions do still come up now and again. I don't normally delete them unless they get too frequent, get out of hand, or are generally started with ill-will to begin with.

OFF TOPIC DISCUSSIONS
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While our focus is old tractors, we are also a community of individuals, friends and in some cases darn near family. We talk about our tractors, then "hey by the way, my truck won't start". I see no problem with that. Again I repeat, we are a community and I care a lot about that aspect of the site.

Number one rule about off topics: They should not dominate the forums. That has always been my loudest request. The largest percentage of posts should be regarding tractors. Also, in off topics remember to treat each other kindly. But please, do feel free to talk to each other about things other than tractors.

CENSORSHIP
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I will delete any and all conversations, tractor related or not, religious, political or not where people are calling each other names or in general acting uncivil. Is it my intention to limit free speech? Of course not. If you walk into any public place in the U.S.A. and start behaving like an animal you will most likely get carted off in the back of a police car. Here at YT I'll just remove the conversation. ;)

BOTTOM LINE
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We're all here because we enjoy old tractors. But we also enjoy other things and it's okay to talk about them. The politics are heavy right now due to the elections, I understand that. I'd prefer you talk religion and politics elsewhere but if it happens here I'll probably leave it on the forums if it doesn't degrade into something uncivil or become too frequent.

AND FURTHER MORE... ;)
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If you do find a thread has gotten out of hand, please let me know. I don't read every one, I just can't much as I would like to. Just click on [expand] and then click on the "Report to Moderator" link. All reports are anonymous, I don't report to others who reported things to me.

Have a great day everyone, now back to the couch for me!!!

Kim

Enjoy,

Mark

Mark

You are cloggin' up the forum..... ..... ..

(Naw, just yankin' ya around) :>)

Later Gal, thanks for the nice words,

Allan

It's sorta like sitting at the local coffee shop!

Keep up the good work, Kim, and I hope everyone has enough sense to "police" their own posts, to keep from being deliberately inflammatory, or disrespectfull to fellow posters!

Occasional off topic items are ok but we seem to be getting a lot more of them lately

Perhap a political discussion board or an anything goes board. How about an off topic board.