Discovering Theravada forum - changed settings
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Re: Discovering Theravada forum - changed settings
Good...
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Re: Discovering Theravada forum - changed settings
I'm glad that it's helping to improve the overall quality of responses in the Discovering Theravada section, but I still find it annoying that I have to wait hours, sometimes even days, to view and edit my posts.
"Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya" (AN 7.58).
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Re: Discovering Theravada forum - changed settings
Greetings Jason,
Well, I suspect it's not really days...
That said, we do have some protocols in place to ensure that anything that's neither approved or rejected after 12 hours gets addressed promptly thereafter.
Metta,
Retro.
Well, I suspect it's not really days...
That said, we do have some protocols in place to ensure that anything that's neither approved or rejected after 12 hours gets addressed promptly thereafter.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: Discovering Theravada forum - changed settings
OK, maybe I was exaggerating just a little.retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Jason,
Well, I suspect it's not really days...
That said, we do have some protocols in place to ensure that anything that's neither approved or rejected after 12 hours gets addressed promptly thereafter.
Metta,
Retro.
"Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya" (AN 7.58).
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I understand what you are saying...and I have to accept it....after all it is a Theravada forum. so you have the perfect right to limit those that respond to a topic on that forum.
But my personal opinion is that it is a poor choice...but I have to accept it and go on from there.
In Quietness is the beginning of all things.
When I was younger I used to think I knew all the answers. Now I would be happy to feel I could ask just one intelligent question.
When I was younger I used to think I knew all the answers. Now I would be happy to feel I could ask just one intelligent question.
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Greetings Quiet Heart,
However, when beginners arrive with beginner questions, I think they're at least entitled to know that the responses they're getting represents some aspect of the Theravada tradition.
Before we had these controls, people would jump in with unsubstantiated personal opinions, Mahayana doctrine, off-topic ramblings and all manner of things irrelevant to the concept of "discovering Theravada". Before you knew it, topics were derailed, and the person posing the question was left scratching their head.
When it left them scratching their head, the forum had failed to fulfil its purpose. The changed settings support Discovering Theravada's intended purpose.
Metta,
Retro.
There are many forums here without such tight controls.Quiet Heart wrote:But my personal opinion is that it is a poor choice...but I have to accept it and go on from there.
However, when beginners arrive with beginner questions, I think they're at least entitled to know that the responses they're getting represents some aspect of the Theravada tradition.
Before we had these controls, people would jump in with unsubstantiated personal opinions, Mahayana doctrine, off-topic ramblings and all manner of things irrelevant to the concept of "discovering Theravada". Before you knew it, topics were derailed, and the person posing the question was left scratching their head.
When it left them scratching their head, the forum had failed to fulfil its purpose. The changed settings support Discovering Theravada's intended purpose.
Metta,
Retro.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."