This started as a gripe about the "nef thread" - it has turned into what I hope will be a positive discussion about how we can reduce OT threads, and still allow those who choose to "socialize" with our friends here... not in that cesspool of OT.
I've changed the poll as well. Please... can we just discuss this like teammates trying to make it a better place? I'm sorry I used the word "constipated." To me... it means overly wrapped up in one's own self-importance. I therefore... am constipated. ok?
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edit: Posted Further down - and reposted here for your convenience.
Perhaps this could all be settled diplomatically.
My observations:
Mods don't like meaningless crap threads, and I can't blame them.
"Nef" threads per se, are almost always meaningless crap, except that we were
using this one as an "anything goes" have some fun sorta thing... so perhaps
by definition we should have called it something else.
I would propose for the members consideration that we start a "water cooler" thread, or something of the sort - for those of us who choose only to socialize with our DC buds. This would be with the understanding that we won't engage in a bunch of meaningless crap, empty posts, and the like. We'll self-police, and the mods won't have to be hassled.
I'd submit that it'd be a suitable repository for items that would otherwise not warrant a new thread, but that we could chat freely amongst ourselves.
I'd submit that this approach would actually REDUCE the number of OT threads, giving those who may be overly constipated - only ONE thread to ignore.
How does THAT sound?
I've changed the poll as well. Please... can we just discuss this like teammates trying to make it a better place? I'm sorry I used the word "constipated." To me... it means overly wrapped up in one's own self-importance. I therefore... am constipated. ok?
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edit: Posted Further down - and reposted here for your convenience.
Perhaps this could all be settled diplomatically.
My observations:
Mods don't like meaningless crap threads, and I can't blame them.
"Nef" threads per se, are almost always meaningless crap, except that we were
using this one as an "anything goes" have some fun sorta thing... so perhaps
by definition we should have called it something else.
I would propose for the members consideration that we start a "water cooler" thread, or something of the sort - for those of us who choose only to socialize with our DC buds. This would be with the understanding that we won't engage in a bunch of meaningless crap, empty posts, and the like. We'll self-police, and the mods won't have to be hassled.
I'd submit that it'd be a suitable repository for items that would otherwise not warrant a new thread, but that we could chat freely amongst ourselves.
I'd submit that this approach would actually REDUCE the number of OT threads, giving those who may be overly constipated - only ONE thread to ignore.
How does THAT sound?