dark subforum ideas thread: xxx edition

I'm not sure that isn't already the case except for threads in this subforum where that's actually relevant/useful though - I don't really think about the FUCK or the Banana threads as belonging to anyone, for instance. Whereas threads like Reyweld's Trash Ascension and ITT I'll Talk A Bunch Of Shit About very much revolve around their OP being the OP, if that makes sense.

Well, yeah. With this change, a thread like Reyweld's trash ascension would be about Reyweld because his name is in the title, but threads like Talk A Bunch of Shit would be open to anyone to talk Shit about whatever without needing to ask permission from whoever is the OP

Even threads like the banana thread are only publicly open because of the permission granted to others either explicitly in their opening posts, or due to a precedent set forth in that post.

I am not saying the current system is flawed, just that reducing the visibility of the OP may result in a shift in how threads are perceived. If I came in and said "hey, I don't want people to post in the fuck, thread anymore" folks would rightfully assume I had no grounds to make that demand. But if bigro came in and said "hey, I don't want people to post in my fuck, thread anymore" (they wouldn't. This is just for comparison.) We would be inclined to comply and make a new thread.

My point is that, even for innocuous threads, there is an expectation of private ownership on behalf of the OP.

It doesn't have to be that way though. In this subforum, the ultimate owner are the visitors, all of whom, have an equal say in how votes affect the threads therein.

Right now, we haven't passed a single rule that targets a specific thread that has not also been proposed by the OP of that thread. Doing otherwise would just be rude.

But maybe it shouldn't be.