[AlteredState01]

at what point are we no longer responsible for a post we may make? I mean, is it fair to stop it, if your personal opinion has been debated to the point that it is not even recognizable? (ie. so many responses that the original content is no longer considered in the argument at hand?)

At what point does one cease to be responsible, considering one will be always liable, since one's name is always attached (and therefore associated...)?

Just wondering?

Altered State

[Meta]

Hi Altered States,

How we are responsible for other's responses to our posts? I don't know-but I don't think I am. I don't think others would think I am. I don't think I am "liable" if the a thread I started takes a turn I didn't anticipate or don't like. I guess I think I always have the option to bring it back to the original topic or express my dislike. This is all kind of theoretical for me, because I haven't seen this happen, but I do think any message board posting is ripe for misinterpretive responses. Is this what you were getting at? And are you talking about us having the ability to remove or lock our own posts? I don't know the answer to that one.


Take care,

Meta

[kimmydawn]

When a poster creates a thread, it then becomes a "community thread" once the first response is placed therein.

At that point, the original poster is the "creator" or, but not "owner". The original poster bears no responsibility for subsequent posts that are not their own.

Everyone posting to a thread has a responsibility to keep their responses within the context of the original post, excepting as the conversation naturally flows and ebbs. Not every time a thread takes a different direction is it considered "hijacking". Just like in real life, conversations, flow, change, transform as they continue. That's good and natural.

For instance, I might start a post about my spring flowers being purple and beautiful right now. Someone else might "hop on" and say that Spring and flowers blooming are helping their mood so much, and the convo slowly turns to SAD. That's a natural flow. The person who wrote about their mood being improved didn't hijack; they were sharing in an expanded way.

In all that, the thread is a community thread, ebbing and flowing with response. At no time is the original author responsible for another's response. If there's a concern about a response, or hijack, contact a mod/admin.

If a thread takes a direction that appears to the author to have gone way off track, just like in real life, one can say, "back to the Spring flowers..."

To be specific, one is only liable for their own posting in both beginning threads and posting of any kind.

KD

[AlteredState01]

Thanks, KD. What a insightful answer!

That's one BIG load off my mind...

Altered State

[kimmydawn]

You're most welcome!

Good question!

KD

[Maven]

We don't own threads we start? Well, poo! I was going to give the ones I started to charity!

[TYMBERWOLV]

AS

I forget the thread as soon as I create it . I would love to burture the thread but as we all know everyone is not the same therefore we have different views/ Kind of funnt that the single thing that makes us all different ..

BTW you need to write more I have miss your writing HA HA

Tymber

Peace out ...................... I am never responsible for whateva I say I will blame it on ya in a heart beat -=- try me