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177th General Conference of the Church Begins Today

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posted by circa1978 601 days ago | status: queued

As part of this year’s conference, the Salt Lake Tabernacle will be rededicated during the Saturday afternoon session.
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Again... a press release. No commentary.

Opposed.
written by SilusGrok 601 days ago
    ...so start a blog of your own and write some commentary! :)
    written by cboyack 601 days ago
I already have a blog of my own.

: P

Here, well, here I hope to read the hard-to-find, insightful, or the inexplicably good... something worthy of our time. A press release (that I already get from my subscription to the Church's news room RSS feed) doesn't fit that category.

If this wonderful project is to live up to its enormous potential, then it's up to us to say "no" to low-hanging fruit.

Still opposed.

( PS... the button up by the header that reads the sustain'd score is a little confusing for people who've opposed a story: currently it says "4 opposed". That's combining two disparate peices of information "this story is currently scoring a '4'" and "you opposed this story". Might I suggest decoupling that information for the sake of clarity? )
written by SilusGrok 600 days ago
    I still think you should write something about it if you want further analysis. I agree that press releases are of limited interest, but they are also released promptly.
    written by forpeterssake 600 days ago
I don't come here to create content, per se, but to find the best of the web as regards the Church. I rely on the community here to winnow out the chaff... and, I suspect, that people who come here and read the sustain'd-only threads hope for the best... we cheat ourselves and the people who look to this as a resource when we let fluff through to the front page.

As for being release promptly: what, we can't wait a couple hours for something of value? Do we really abhor a vacuum so much that _anything_ is better than waiting?
written by SilusGrok 600 days ago
    If this is only used by consumers, like you say you are, it with wither and die. It can only succeed if users are actively submitting posts. So if you don't like what you see submit something better.
    written by circa1978 600 days ago
    Concur with circa1978. This line of thought brings to mind Elder Jeffrey Holland's talk -- if you think something is bad, whining about it isn't going to make it any better.

    If history is any indication, this next week will have plenty of thoughtful blogs and articles about General Conference that will hopefully meet SilusGrok's elevated standards for sustaining.
    written by forpeterssake 600 days ago
I am not just a consumer... in the week or so that I've been a member of the community, I've commented on several posts and posted one article. I'll post again, when I find something worth posting on... in the mean time, I'll sustain and oppose. All are ways I contribute to the community. Post, comment, sustain the good, oppose the mean-spirited, spam, and fluff.

Sounds like a good recipe to me.
written by SilusGrok 600 days ago
Of these new members I and my eldest son are counted.
written by trwth 600 days ago
Congratulations, trwth! Welcome to the family... : )
written by SilusGrok 600 days ago

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