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Attilatheblond

(7,644 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:01 PM Yesterday

Maybe DU needs a 'hear-say' forum?

General discussion is one thing, but stuff that has no evidence being posted more and more is getting pretty weird. It'd be nice if it was all in one place and then could be moved to General Discussion if some actually information comes up.

Just spit balling here.

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Maybe DU needs a 'hear-say' forum? (Original Post) Attilatheblond Yesterday OP
agree... or make sure that stuff goes into creative speculation. WarGamer Yesterday #1
Why? ProfessorGAC Yesterday #8
I'm speaking in broad generalities... not to one case WarGamer Yesterday #10
Well, That's Sure Convenient ProfessorGAC Yesterday #13
That forum was closed a few years ago with the last update. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #19
Agree👍 anciano Yesterday #2
As WarGamer says above canetoad Yesterday #3
The Creative Speculation forum was closed years ago with the last update. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #20
Not disagreeing, but can you give an you give an example? Chasstev365 Yesterday #4
Two just recently in General Discussion Attilatheblond Yesterday #15
Maybe some people should lighten up Sewa Yesterday #5
Really Determined To Pound On That Nail? ProfessorGAC Yesterday #6
That's Ms Quixote LOL. Nah, it's about the show-me thing Attilatheblond Yesterday #9
It Was A Metaphor ProfessorGAC Yesterday #12
WOW! I never knew Attilatheblond Yesterday #14
Of course the issue is who defines "hear-say". The media has silos of information with extreme perspectives. walkingman Yesterday #7
Perhaps providing links would help. BigmanPigman Yesterday #11
Yep One has asked Attilatheblond Yesterday #16
Who police's the links? gab13by13 Yesterday #17
It used to be called "Creative Speculation" forum Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #18
This message was self-deleted by its author TomSlick 22 hrs ago #21

canetoad

(19,752 posts)
3. As WarGamer says above
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:08 PM
Yesterday

It should go into Creative Speculation. So should absolutely everything generated by AI IMHO.

Attilatheblond

(7,644 posts)
15. Two just recently in General Discussion
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:57 PM
Yesterday

Not in a mood to give speculative/hear-say somebody said without any supporting info stuff a plug

Attilatheblond

(7,644 posts)
9. That's Ms Quixote LOL. Nah, it's about the show-me thing
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:36 PM
Yesterday

I love windmills, but not the morass of fretting over things that have no supporting evidence. And, yes, I am well aware that there are people scrubbing things on the internets, but maybe that's just hearsay and not really information that has gone missing.

walkingman

(10,025 posts)
7. Of course the issue is who defines "hear-say". The media has silos of information with extreme perspectives.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:23 PM
Yesterday

gab13by13

(30,321 posts)
17. Who police's the links?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:24 PM
Yesterday

There are links to places here a lot that I refuse to click on.
People abuse using a link to say something without giving his/her opinion.

I give my opinions without hiding behind links, although at times they are necessary.

I get a lot of my news from freespeechtv.org.

Fiendish Thingy

(21,270 posts)
18. It used to be called "Creative Speculation" forum
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 08:36 PM
Yesterday

For the life of me, I don’t know why it was closed.

I really miss it, and not because I was a frequent reader/poster there.

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