We seem to be fairly tolerant of a small amount of minor off-topic posts in the Keyboard Maestro forum. There are no hard-and-fast rules, but I think common sense applies:
- Off-topic posts tend to pollute the main topic, and may discourage readers from continuing to read the topic at hand.
- A minor branch that is clearlly related to the main topic would seem to be acceptable, as long as it does not generate many posts about the off-topic subject.
- Be considerate of the OP (Original Poster) as well as future readers, and if you have a topic that can, and maybe should, have a substantial discussion, then it’s probably best to start a new topic.
- It is in your best interest to start a new topic when it deserves a good discussion, so that it can be easily found and read by future readers. The forum search gives more weight to topic titles.
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@peternlewis has seemed to be willing to accommodate topics that are not strictly about Keyboard Maestro. However, I would suspect he might start objecting if they are not at least tangentially related. Probably “basket weaving tips” would not be well received, unless KM could help you in some way.
- When in doubt, start a new topic. You can always use the “continued from existing post” option. See How To Create New Topic Linked to Existing Post
As you no doubt noticed, I moved all of the above posts to a new topic in the “meta” section, so that we don’t pollute the main topic with this important discussion.