Jigsaw,
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...a certain percentage of people on message boards are like that...
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...a certain percentage of people on other message boards do tend to post pointless "Hey, what about this?" threads...
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One of the main attractions of this board is that it is
not like other boards. The BABB has a very high signal-to-noise ratio. Inane posts dilute that and decrease the value of this board. "It happens on other boards" does not justify it happening here.
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I think Skywatcher is just someone who's found a comfortable Internet venue for his voice to be heard, not that he's particularly interested in astronomy as such...
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But, this is an astronomy board!
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... but just that this is a safe place to make posts without fear of devastating flames and mockery, such as is found on some other boards like the SDMB and JREF.
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I repeat.
This is an astronomy board! It is
not a refuge for inane posters who can't take the heat on less BS tolerant boards. Just because we are (generally) more polite than other boards does not make us an asylum for the netically challenged