Darn, busted!

As for the fine line between what is allowed and what not with the CT's, I think it's unmanageable and unfair to bluntly make a rule what is allowed and what not. Currently, every time when a CT or something that is leaning towards a CT pops us, it is looked at before letting it life or cutting it down.

I would hate it when people start to say "CT! Lock it!". There are enough gray areas that are allowed. I would even go as far as saying that as long as it's politely debatable it will stay alive. In the past we have seen many sorts of CT's that were unable to keep alive without garbage getting thrown around and those type of CT threads will be locked if we see them, on the other hand we can also see other threads that are able to sustain itself and they can be kept alive, like the Zeitgeist one were people suddenly were able to politely debate.

I would love it if people would look at the Attitude page and act towards the ideas it brings, on the other hand I'm realistic enough to know that not all can do that all the time when the debate gets heated, I guess even I am not able to keep that up. Because of that human behavior, with certain topics (like the 9/11 one) you just know it will always end in a trench war and they will be locked.

Then back to the voting for new members. I think I will make it so that people can vote for new members to be promoted but that the results will only be visible for the moderators. That way it can help the moderators to decide who to promote but it will not automatically promote a member after so many votes. What do you people think about that idea?

Kind regards,

The Traveler