Does this group need a permanent host?

[eomer]

11. Hi, I'm here.

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I've been around more than it would appear, but just reading. I'd like to participate more under this new protocol but that depends on how it plays out. Eliminating theories of space lizards wielding ray beams is in the direction of what I think is needed but probably misses the mark still because one could always ignore those threads anyway. What I would need is for us to also somehow eliminate the inane at the post level. And, as I think about it, also to eliminate posts that deliver no substance but instead attempt to sway by mere ridicule. And maybe those two will tend to feed into each other: less inanity leads to less tendency to use ridicule.

I think that many of the old regulars, from both sides of the fence, would be more interested and engaged if we could rein in the discussion in those ways. Of course, there are some other regulars who wouldn't, if you get my drift. And, to be clear, I wouldn't want to go so far in policing inanity that creativity was smothered. Creative speculation should probably be permitted in a group called Creative Speculation.

Regarding me being a host, I couldn't if it was one of only two, couldn't commit to that amount of engagement always. Being one of 6 or something like that is something I would do, assuming the DU3 version ends up making the conversation more attractive.

Edit to add: what I really meant was: space lizards wielding ray beams demolished the World Trade Center. There may actually be other threads about space lizards wielding ray beams that I think should be allowed, such as a discussion on whether aliens exist and whether they would be hostile or not.