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Old 01-29-2013, 02:26 PM   #5
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“Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us." Robert Burns

It is curious that concern about misinformation, or even just getting off-topic, often seems to come from individuals who are the most opinionated, least factual, and historically most likely to spin off into pages of unrelated stuff.

I agree with Gihgehls that most forums have active moderators that handle such issues.

On many other forums, such issues MUST be handled. Otherwise, there is chaos. Here, there is (for the most part) nothing new to talk about, and very few people posting. The last new product from Segway was introduced six and a half years ago, and the total "installed base" is probably less than 70,000 units worldwide. This forum is for a niche product. An old product and a small niche.

If there were actually new and interesting things to discuss, there would likely be more Seg threads of interest to multiple posters/readers. With a healthy community and healthy interest, those topics would be more likely to stay on topic, rather than wandering away as they often do now. I suspect that wandering away from the original topic is allowed simply because a post, even an off-topic post, is preferable to no posts at all. There's just not that much to do here.

Let's hope there is a new product soon.
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