I'm confused, what classifies discussion nowadays?

[dbgtz]

That thread about the desert island which then turned into a thread about biscuits, why did it get moved? It was discussion and if you still had the food section, it would be in there so to move it to spam is moronic.

[Kyle]

Probably easier to move an entire thread that has been derailed than a large selection of posts from it. If it were me I would have moved all of the biscuit comments to their own new thread in spam and kept the other thread there but hey **.

[Absently]

bit annoyed in all honesty i rarely post outside of spam and the time i try make a topic of discussion, gets moved to spam

[Calvin]

The best thing is, the posts about biscuits actually sparked up more discussion between users unlike other threads where people just post what they've eaten or any other crap.

[Red]

I hate when a thread gets moved to spam, when its a perfectly fine topic, just because of a few posts...

[MKR&*42]

The best thing is, the posts about biscuits actually sparked up more discussion between users unlike other threads where people just post what they've eaten or any other crap.

This^. Oh fgs, has to use on-screen keyboard;

nothing that occurred in that thread was "Spam". It was simply a discussion beteen 3 different users about biscuits lol, and it was a much more 'constructive' topic compared to someone posting what they last ate/drank. Admittedly it maybe could have been moved to a different thread but the whole point of threads is allowing them to develop and the development was stopped this time for little to no reason.

The idea for a food and drink sub-forum was shot down, & moving a thread to spam simply because we conversed over biscuits is simply a ridiculous step too far. I see no harm in discussing it in a thread RELATED to food... :S.

[Kyle]

I don't think it was right for the users to continue their discussion which was quite clearly drawn away from the original topic. Development of discussion is okay but in this case the thread turned from something about food people felt they couldn't live without to a discussion purely on what type of biscuits people like... Feel sorry for marvin tbh as the thread was at least better than the corker "how long have you left your window open"

[Samantha]

I don't think it was right for the users to continue their discussion which was quite clearly drawn away from the original topic. Development of discussion is okay but in this case the thread turned from something about food people felt they couldn't live without to a discussion purely on what type of biscuits people like... Feel sorry for marvin tbh as the thread was at least better than the corker "how long have you left your window open"

do you pick your nose in a public place?

Didn't see the thread as i thoight it was something I wouldn't comment on, i guess i was wrong and surely the off topic posts could have veen moved

[-:Undertaker:-]

Discussion isn't approved of by some members on this forum, they accuse you of 'hijacking' or 'ruining' the thread when you turn it into a discussion - seemingly one-sentence comments with little thought or idea are what people prefer (apparently).

I prefer in-depth discussion myself, but I like a mix - so I don't agree either with one word reply threads being moved to spam, even if they're not my cup of tea. Besides in my view the forum needs all the extra posts it can get, of whatever quality.

[Inseriousity.]

I think threads should be allowed to evolve so not just turning a thread for the sake of it but there needs to be a link. If someone said "I'd take biscuits on a desert island" and then someone sparked off a discussion about their favourite biscuits, I don't really see the problem with that. It's why spam threads are normally the best ones because they've been allowed to evolve naturally rather than stuck to a rigid straitjacket.