Forum Rules Updates

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by BurningQuestion

Does this mean that things that aren't robotics related, even in the Chit-Chat forum, are now prohibited?

The rule doesn't prohibit them. It merely marks them explicitly as off topic for the ChiefDelphi forums, and provides a safety valve for legitimately removing discussions that might otherwise hover at a subjective boundary between appropriate and inappropriate topics.

I think making the phrase "robotics related" part of the rules is a good thing. This is supposed to be a forum for discussing robotics. It isn't set up as a forum for discussions on pop culture or current events among people who happen to have robotics in common. Chit-Chat is useful and I wouldn't expect it to be shut down, but certain topics definitely ought to be zapped if they threaten to turn from discussions to attacks.