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sokwe on random posts 2 wrote:I think any further random post threads should be for CA-related posts only.

ok! :D

here we are now at the...

RANDOM CA POSTS!!!

rules:
1. absolutely NO offtopic!!!!!
2. and NEVER break ANY forum rules!!!!
3. have fun!!!!! :D

There’s no need for this. Thread for your Miscellaneous Posts and Discussions already serves this purpose.

hotcrystal0 wrote: February 21st, 2025, 10:39 pm There’s no need for this. Thread for your Miscellaneous Posts and Discussions already serves this purpose.

this one allows low-quality/chatty posts, however

tommyaweosme wrote: February 21st, 2025, 10:41 pm this one allows low-quality/chatty posts, however

Why would you need such posts on these forums? The forums are for academic discussion about CA. Not low-effort/chatty posts. That should be happening somewhere else.
is the forums fine with weird formatting like this sorry for acting like Confocaloid

hotcrystal0 wrote: February 21st, 2025, 11:00 pm

Why would you need such posts on these forums? The forums are for academic discussion about CA. Not low-effort/chatty posts. That should be happening somewhere else.

yes, here. where else can you put low effort discoveries? and other things about ca that don't fit

CARuler wrote: February 21st, 2025, 11:03 pm [...] where else can you put low effort discoveries? [...]

In almost all cases, "low-effort discoveries" simply mean that it is work in progress, something that you are supposed to do yourself before posting anything.

Most of stuff you find along the way might never be posted at all. That's fine. Most of reactions, objects, interactions you see is uninteresting, not noteworthy enough to be collected or posted. Most of it is unnotable.

To be able to understand what to share, what to keep in some collection as "candidates for future use but currently uninteresting", and what to discard immediately, you need to explore much more before posting anything.

Those people who discover and share the really interesting stuff are putting in significant efforts to find it, to understand it, and to present/format it in an accessible form and to explain it to others. Without that, your posts may end up looking and feeling like spam to others.

tommyaweosme wrote: February 21st, 2025, 10:37 pm

sokwe on random posts 2 wrote:I think any further random post threads should be for CA-related posts only.

If you're going to dig up quotes from my old posts, you should make sure you're referencing my most recent statements on the matter. Here's what I wrote in "random posts 3":

Sokwe wrote: August 15th, 2022, 1:28 am Do not create any more "random posts" threads. They inevitably result in rule violations (especially rule 1 violations) and are too difficult to moderate. Anything worth posting should fit in a more specific or restricted thread.

Notice that the rules of that thread are essentially equivalent to the rules of this thread.