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Re: Is it okay to create an off-topic discussion thread?
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GazetaBitcoin
on 24/07/2023, 09:53:26 UTC
I noticed that many suggested OP to post in Off-topic board. But, however, this is not what OP asked. Let's reread his question:

what if I create a discussion thread where the rules in the discussion thread allow off-topic discussion. Is that okay?

I needed to reread this for a few times until I came out with some logical answer. Practically, OP does not want to make a topic suitable for Off-topic board. In Off-topic board you can discuss

Off-topic - "Other topics that might be of interest to bitcoiners"

But this is not what OP wants.

Instead, OP wants to create a topic where to instate a rule allowing off-topic posts. And, after consulting forum rules again, this is forbidden:

2. No off-topic posts.

So even if the topic is created by you, OP; even if you set your own rule allowing off-topic posts -- your rule can not overrule forum rules (be it a unofficial set of rules). So the answer is no, you can not create such thread.



Topics which belongs to Off-topic boards can be moved to that board through user reports too.
Whenever I visit the board, I end up reporting some "insubstantial topics", which then get deleted. There's rarely anything interesting for Bitcoiners.

Oh, you don't think that such topics are interesting?