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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 2576768" data-attributes="member: 177">Small correction - the site was built upon news tidbits of 3E.&nbsp; There was a flow of information of the new edition into the site that could be fact-checked.&nbsp; That was clearly separate from the speculation.&nbsp; If anything, the effect was to give people a source of true information, rather than to give them access to rumors.&nbsp; On the other hand, any topic, germane, legitimate, or otherwise, can be overdone.&nbsp; Doubly so when discussion of the topic has en emotional effect upon the readers.&nbsp; The fact that so many people have gotten tired of completely unfounded speculation is an indication that while technically within bounds, the topic probably ought to be given a rest. It isn't as simple as just &quot;don't read it&quot;.&nbsp; The fact that new threads on this topic keep coming up suggests that the site is not serving the original function of distributing news well. For a while, perhaps we need to have new threads closed, and the posters referred to the old ones so that the exact same discussions don't get repeated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 2576768, member: 177"] Small correction - the site was built upon news tidbits of 3E. There was a flow of information of the new edition into the site that could be fact-checked. That was clearly separate from the speculation. If anything, the effect was to give people a source of true information, rather than to give them access to rumors. On the other hand, any topic, germane, legitimate, or otherwise, can be overdone. Doubly so when discussion of the topic has en emotional effect upon the readers. The fact that so many people have gotten tired of completely unfounded speculation is an indication that while technically within bounds, the topic probably ought to be given a rest. It isn't as simple as just "don't read it". The fact that new threads on this topic keep coming up suggests that the site is not serving the original function of distributing news well. For a while, perhaps we need to have new threads closed, and the posters referred to the old ones so that the exact same discussions don't get repeated. [/QUOTE]

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