Are the 'Rules' of the Sandbox in any Way Different to those of 'Real' ILX?

I certainly see the sandbox as being a more relaxed forum than ILX proper, but this is simply my personal perception and I can't readily attribute it to anything. I am sure you guys can help me out by brainstorming a few potential reasons.

Sandbox feels more liberal and relaxed. Maybe its coz its an ephemeral thing, at least theoretically.

Ha, yes I remember that. I think it was like "otherwise we wont be able to read everything that's posted oh no!" :)

hee hee Resumo, at a long-gone carpet shop near my mum's (now a pub w/ silly name, The Occasional Half) there was a sign saying "Don't Wonder - It Costs Nothing to Ask" with an appropriate pic of a bemused gawky chap scratching his head.

and I posted a thread to real ILX once which some ppl may still find useful from time called Just Go Ahead And Ask when ppl could ask questions about things on the board that they may have found perplexing "So what is this chickenbear?" ect ect. My posting of that thread was prompted by the fact that I didn't know what "bling bling" meant, jeez, how things change....

ok, but I am making efforts to elucidate, Enrique and I am in any case sure that there are other ppl here who do know.

there is such a thing, kinda!

http://dunx.org/mornomic/

The only difference is that you can talk about jazz as much as you like, but only if you post a picture of Julian Barratt in the same post.

I read that as 'jizz' CJ.

The Sandbox feels more liberal, smaller, more informal and less scary than real ILX. Real ILX seems huge and unwieldy, "I Never Knew There Was So Much in It!" as the old TV Times ad used to run, which is simultaneously both compliment and criticism: just show me when the programme's on! just show me the kitten pics!

I know at least one person from sinister who didn't make the switch across to ILX when so many sinisterines did for the v reason given above.

Of course the fact that it seems more liberal in the Sandbox could have both +ve and -ve elements - people feel 'free-er' but they are 'free-er' to flame, to snipe, to criticise...

Dr C sez this as well. I think less people can be bothered with the sandbox and it's not taken as seriously as real ILX with it's enormous archive of fun.

If people think real ILX is 'hug and unwieldy' that sounds like good aid to the argument for splitting it up further.