• alleybear
    37
    Howz bout dis'...if it ain't yer original thought, or yo' original thought about somebody else's thought, don't post?
  • Benkei
    8.1k
    That's only true for full length videos. We still don't care you have an original thought about Trump's latest social truth rant. It will be deleted. ;-)

    Actually, we do, just without the link to truth social.
  • AmadeusD
    3.6k
    Do you/we though? This isn't meant to be inflammatory - sure you still don't care?
  • jgill
    4k
    Howz bout dis'...if it ain't yer original thought, or yo' original thought about somebody else's thought, don't post?alleybear

    I wonder how many original thoughts have been posted on this forum? Fifty years ago my math advisor said, "You might think you have an original thought, but it's likely someone has had that thought before, perhaps in another context".
  • T Clark
    15.2k
    someone has had that thought beforejgill

    Probably 2,500 years ago.
  • Hanover
    14.2k
    It might be true that every thought thunk has already been said, but everytime you open a banana, you are the first person to ever see it.
  • jgill
    4k
    . . . but everytime you open a banana, you are the first person to ever see it.Hanover

    How exciting. Be sure and post its image on TPF. :cool:
  • Benkei
    8.1k
    I've realised that an exception for the learning centre makes sense as well, to allow people to share online resources. I will update the guidelines accordingly.

    Edit, it now reads:

    Social media

    We want to encourage thoughtful posts, not just share quote-tweet or viral clips with little to no substance. As a result, posts containing links and embeds to social media are deleted, shorts as well. Full feature videos, if relevant to the discussion and accompanied by original content of the posters, may be left standing. This is at moderator discretion.

    Carve outs:
    • In the Learning Centre and its subcategories, when sharing resources, original content is not required.
    • The Shoutbox and The News Discussion are exempt from this new posting guideline.
  • Benkei
    8.1k
    I'm closing this thread for now and unpinning it.
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