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Isn't it time we sub-divided the Off Topic topic?
Maybe Movies, Sports, Food and Politics (etc.)?
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I'm not seeing the kind of traffic that really justifies separate sub-forums. It would make sense if new posts were getting pushed off the first page very quickly, but even with a low setting of 25 topics per page, there are topics on page 1 that haven't seen a reply in almost a week. Maybe that's because certain topics are confined to one thread (politics, games, etc.), and joining in on those after so many posts can be daunting to new users.
Off Topic is a section I really don't care about if I'm being honest, so if the membership wants to split it up, I wouldn't be opposed to it.
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Somehow I missed this thread when posted. Anyhoo...
Jay said:
Off Topic is a section I really don't care about if I'm being honest, so if the membership wants to split it up, I wouldn't be opposed to it.
I guess that explains why I'm not banned.
Regardless, I think off-topic is fine the way we have it now. Most of us have enough trouble posting in the right forum as it is.
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yes they do! ....LOOKING AT YOU FINK!
You can never go home again, but i guess you can shop there.
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I'm not talking about derailing a thread, I'm talking about putting a new topic in the wrong forum.
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I'd support that suggestion.
There's a thread there right now, called "Politics", with 250 pages or something - is anyone ever going to read what was on page 147 in order to get some kind of idea, fact or inspiration from it?
Wouldn't it better to have a "srs" section where everyone could discuss "important" world issues neatly categorized in different threads, without the whole thing becoming a huge mixed pot mess?
So here's the possible categories:
-OT.com - threads commenting on the site and community themselves, like the meme or LOL moments threads. There may be not too many of them, but they'd be easy to find.
-"SRS FRM" for politics, religion, medicine, society, science etc.
-if that's too messed up, make a "samrtass section" for all the nerdy sciency stuff or various professions and areas of knowledge, i.e. "stuff no one cares about" - probably not necessary.
-Movies and TV shows (possibly also including the internet, books, other forms of fiction / entertainment /art; sub-divide or not at will)
-Music (see above)
-Sports (could serve as a separate category, if there's demand for that).
Just saying, would make threads easier to find and all.