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O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:24:07 GMT

Time for a debate people.

My question is this. Should threads on o2 Community have a reasonable connection to o2?

There has been another batch of Facebook style threads start recently. Is o2 Community the right place?

Go!!!!!!

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:27:25 GMT

I will start the debate and say that all threads on here should have a reasonable link to o2.

So for example (and I refer to this one only as it was the first to come up in my feed) where is the link between o2 and a tv drama (Broadchurch).

Personally I don't feel this is the right place and it should be on Facebook or similar. This site is, in my opinion, for people who want help or information relevant to o2.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

MI5 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:28:10 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Time for a debate people.

My question is this. Should threads on o2 Community have a reasonable connection to o2? YES

There has been another batch of Facebook style threads start recently. Is o2 Community the right place? NO

Go!!!!!!

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:41:38 GMT

Hi Nick.

As site management have instigated and joined in on some of these style of threads they must be acceptable.

I know we have debated this subject matter before.

The description of Off Topic says its a chat board.

Not everyone is technical minded or has a primary interst in joining in on the other dedicated boards , so the Off Topic boards lets members so inclined join in.

As we know we have a Virtual Lounge Thread and Wantys which has no connection to O2 ,but does provide a reasonable place to chat but not everyone joins in there. And it's not really a place to create a thread about something that may be of interest such as Health etc.

I do believe @Marjo and the team are bringing amendments to the guidelines and an opportunity for us all to actively discuss how we would like to see the Community grow.

I'm quite happy to engage in any topics that are reasonable myself. 😄

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:43:10 GMT

A lot of the posts I start have a medical related theme...due to my background I suppose (and are confined to Off Topic)

Although they are certainly nothing to do with O2, they do usually talk about innovations in medical technology...which sometimes have links to innovations in other areas of technology.

As I have limited knowledge with smartphones etc....I feel inclined to spread the word about medical issues that I think may be of benefit to us all...

Any other threads I start are 'usually' confined to asking questions about the forum, making suggestions on forum design...and I always have many many queries about phone related issues

So that is my stance on the issue :smileywink:....

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Cleoriff — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:47:09 GMT

To add...I will be offline now for a while. It's not that I don't want to debate further...I just will have no way of doing so. I will be back later if I need to add anything else...

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:56:26 GMT

I was the one who started the Broadchurch thread - apologies to anyone who was offended by it.

If people don't want general, non O2 related chit chat then maybe the powers that be need to do away with the Off Topic board as surely, if everything has to be related to O2, there won't be any need for it.

Just my thoughts.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

gemz4the1 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:03:12 GMT

The clue is in the title - 'off topic'

That's all i'm going to say on it as i'm bored of all of these debates whereby there's mostly novice people wanting to chat to other members and have some kind of input vs the people who think that they own the site and want everything their way.

Enjoy the debate guys

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:14:02 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I was the one who started the Broadchurch thread - apologies to anyone who was offended by it.

If people don't want general, non O2 related chit chat then maybe the powers that be need to do away with the Off Topic board as surely, if everything has to be related to O2, there won't be any need for it.

Just my thoughts.

I genuinely don't think any Apology is necessary @Anonymous as your thread is within the current remit of the Off Topic section.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

gemz4the1 — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:18:18 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I was the one who started the Broadchurch thread - apologies to anyone who was offended by it.

If people don't want general, non O2 related chit chat then maybe the powers that be need to do away with the Off Topic board as surely, if everything has to be related to O2, there won't be any need for it.

Just my thoughts.

Don't apologise @Anonymous - you posted an off-topic thread in the off-topic section.....:smileytongue:

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

viridis — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:32:36 GMT

I worry it might one day turn into twitter, then by the time you get into a detailed description of what's going on, the 140 letter limit wi

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

jonsie — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:36:43 GMT

I think everyone knows my feelings on this but hey, it's a democratic society we live in supposedly. Each to their own and personally I feel a debate will achieve nothing but ill feelings amongst various members with cries of bullying being spouted both here and to admin.
Off topic is there if you want it, it will stay there so just carry on folks. If a subject in off topic is worthy of comment I will do so. If not, neither I nor the thread will lose out.
I ask only that we leave the BBC news where it belongs rather than rehashing it here just for the sake of upping post count.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:40:12 GMT

No apologies needed @traceyjs1975. As I said I referred to that one purely as an example and it was the first one in my thread.

As for the comment elsewhere about off topic, my opinion is that off topic should still be o2 related.

If you want social media, go to a social media platform before this Community is destroyed by a significant number of posts that have nothing to do with o2 or mobile technology. People come here initially because they have an issue, not to find out what people had for breakfast or what tv they watch

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Toby — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:44:58 GMT

An interesting idea for a debate here guys.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

jonsie — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:50:31 GMT

@Toby wrote:
An interesting idea for a debate here guys.

Why? There have been countless threads about this with strong feelings in various posts which are then promptly deleted and members issued with warnines.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Toby — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:56:57 GMT

Hi jonsie,

I'm simply saying that I'm glad that members can create these debates. Piper's OP is a nicely-worded, constructive post and I think replies have been pretty constructive so far. Anything that has ever been removed has been done in relation to our guidelines. If you have an issue with anything that has been removed, don't hesitate to send me a PM and I'll explain. Let's ensure that we remain on the topic of Off-topic content here however.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:11:40 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
I think everyone knows my feelings on this but hey, it's a democratic society we live in supposedly. Each to their own and personally I feel a debate will achieve nothing but ill feelings amongst various members with cries of bullying being spouted both here and to admin.
Off topic is there if you want it, it will stay there so just carry on folks. If a subject in off topic is worthy of comment I will do so. If not, neither I nor the thread will lose out.
I ask only that we leave the BBC news where it belongs rather than rehashing it here just for the sake of upping post count.

Cries of bullying? Surely not? Who would make such allegations? ???

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:20:19 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
I think everyone knows my feelings on this but hey, it's a democratic society we live in supposedly. Each to their own and personally I feel a debate will achieve nothing but ill feelings amongst various members with cries of bullying being spouted both here and to admin.
Off topic is there if you want it, it will stay there so just carry on folks. If a subject in off topic is worthy of comment I will do so. If not, neither I nor the thread will lose out.
I ask only that we leave the BBC news where it belongs rather than rehashing it here just for the sake of upping post count.

As we all know I post what I hope is interesting news related to Technology/ Phones / Tablets and Operating Systems.

I also hope if someone performs a Google Search and gets the Community Forum as a hit they may come here and learn ,and possibly join if they are an O2 Customer.

What confuses me and always has is the comment on "upping post count" ?

Does post counts mean that much to people to get a new rank name ?

Doesn't posting in "Wantys" or "The Virtual Lounge" go far more to upping a persons post count ?

Off Topic discussions has generated lots of informative and interesting debates and discussions.

Not to everyone's taste or interest I submit ,but we do have a broad cross section of people who like to use the 'Community' Forum in different ways. 😄

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

jonsie — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:28:34 GMT

I'll just point you to unanswered topics, topics where the OP has posted so it won't remain unanswered and topiCS where only 2 friends have to out in your words 'engaged'.

Wants and it's predecessor have been going far longer than your good self and was the original off topic where nothing technical was posted. It's not post upping. Like minded people have been posting there for years and friendships established unlike some days where silly news items have been posted

I wonder who has started most threads on the community?

I will refrain from further comment on this thread otherwise admin will be forced to step in.

Re: O2 Community v Facebook

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:39:36 GMT

As this is a frank and open debate please keep posting here.

As you once said in a previous thread that was since removed you've made a decision not to post in my news threads , and that's fine. That's yours and other people's decisions not to do so.

If I further add to one of my created threads then I do this to try and further enhance the information with updates ,or more information.

I'm not overly concerned if a reply is not forthcoming if it's been read. A reply is not always necessary I believe.

Yes Wanty's and the previous version has been going along time ,but the debate here started by @Anonymous is to only have topics reasonably related, which is why I highlighted it.

You say it's not Post Upping in Wanty's ,which is a fair reasonable statement. But then on the flip side it is also fair to state people who post News Tech and other non related material are also not Post Upping.