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Attilatheblond

(8,472 posts)
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:01 PM Oct 2025

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 Oct 2025 OP
agree... or make sure that stuff goes into creative speculation. WarGamer Oct 2025 #1
Why? ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #8
I'm speaking in broad generalities... not to one case WarGamer Oct 2025 #10
Well, That's Sure Convenient ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #13
That forum was closed a few years ago with the last update. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2025 #19
Agree👍 anciano Oct 2025 #2
As WarGamer says above canetoad Oct 2025 #3
The Creative Speculation forum was closed years ago with the last update. Nt Fiendish Thingy Oct 2025 #20
Not disagreeing, but can you give an you give an example? Chasstev365 Oct 2025 #4
Two just recently in General Discussion Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #15
Maybe some people should lighten up Sewa Oct 2025 #5
Really Determined To Pound On That Nail? ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #6
That's Ms Quixote LOL. Nah, it's about the show-me thing Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #9
It Was A Metaphor ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #12
WOW! I never knew Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #14
Of course the issue is who defines "hear-say". The media has silos of information with extreme perspectives. walkingman Oct 2025 #7
Perhaps providing links would help. BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #11
Yep One has asked Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #16
Who police's the links? gab13by13 Oct 2025 #17
It used to be called "Creative Speculation" forum Fiendish Thingy Oct 2025 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author TomSlick Oct 2025 #21

canetoad

(20,349 posts)
3. As WarGamer says above
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:08 PM
Oct 2025

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

Attilatheblond

(8,472 posts)
15. Two just recently in General Discussion
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:57 PM
Oct 2025

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

Attilatheblond

(8,472 posts)
9. That's Ms Quixote LOL. Nah, it's about the show-me thing
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:36 PM
Oct 2025

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

(10,434 posts)
7. Of course the issue is who defines "hear-say". The media has silos of information with extreme perspectives.
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 06:23 PM
Oct 2025

gab13by13

(31,520 posts)
17. Who police's the links?
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:24 PM
Oct 2025

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

(22,367 posts)
18. It used to be called "Creative Speculation" forum
Thu Oct 30, 2025, 07:36 PM
Oct 2025

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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