The reasons I made lots of merges were:
(1) There were a lot of active discussions on the front page with essentially the same content.
(2) The ones with sufficiently similar content got merged.
It wasn't a perfect fit, though none of them were. I am sorry that you feel it was inappropriate.
Regardless, your discussion is still active and on topic, so I won't change my mind about re-splitting it yet. — fdrake
It's worthwhile to note that the forum has been bombarded with new threads promoting theism or atheism recently, which is very annoying to those that see such interminable arguments as borderline philosophy at best. — andrewk
It just means that I'm now more wary of what you moderators might do to a discussion of mine. — S
The thing is...
1) Forums without moderators inevitably become pointless trash piles in the pell mell rush to the lowest common denominator. Yea, philosophy forums too. Yea, philosophy forums hosted by leading philosophy print magazines too.
2) Moderators are human beings working for free, so perfection is not to be expected.
3) Sucking up to the mods may be the most effective method of protecting your threads, which is why I personally feel the mods here on this forum are doing the most excellent job I've ever seen, and they have very handsome haircuts too. :smile: — Jake
As someone who has been a member of this forum, as well as the old forum we inhabited, for many years, and as someone who was a moderator here for a couple of years, I feel that I've got a pretty good grasp of these things, and don't need them pointed out to me. — S
One problem (on every board, not just this one) with many of the longer threads (hundreds of posts) is that they are often generated and dominated by a small number of people who appear to be having an ego-contest. So everything ends up revolving around the agenda that these people set, — yazata
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