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| IMPORTANT POLL: Should there be an off-topic section? |
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| wilfred:
--- Quote from: Zeyneb on September 09, 2022, 07:47:33 pm --- Also you could have too many sub sections, and in many cases people would prefer to put it in General Technical chat to get the attention. As case in point this thread right here. Officially I would argue Dave should have put it in News/Suggestions/Help but few people are looking there. --- End quote --- I think you make a good point about this thread News/Suggestions/Help would have been the appropriate place for it. But I don't look in there much at all. I also think too many section and sub sections just feeds the topic nazis. It also fragments the forum and reduces visibility for topic of lesser popularity. The sections heading can't substitute for a database index or search in order to direct attention to items of interest. --- Quote ---So I do believe General Technical chat should be renamed to Community chat, maybe with some post count before members could gain access. And then hobbies and interests outside pure electronics/computers could go into one or more off-topic interests sections. But keep in mind people are looking for a reasonable popular sub section to get sufficient attention. --- End quote --- General Technical Chat was General Chat before the word Technical was inserted. But still you see some very tenuous topics started with flimsy justification as technical. Just for example and I don't object to these threads I mostly ignore them, My DOG just swallowed a 470uF electrolytic cap (SMD type), german silver/nickel silver allergy? ,AI generated imagery getting absurdly good, Post a picture of a cat!, Shipping: Australia to USA and My condolences to my UK and Commonwealth mates. That's just some visible on the first page. I'm OK with them but are they what adding the word Technical in the board title was meant to weed out? Probably. But they foster a community spirit amongst members, which is good. Even the contentious topics had their use as a juicier piece of meat for the highly opinionated argumentative members to sink their teeth into. Although that's not an endorsement of them. |
| Ed.Kloonk:
The word technical was added for the same reason that most people were quite happy with a choice of just two restrooms. |
| pcprogrammer:
To me most of the above arguments validate the existence of a separate section for what does not belong in General Technical Chat, or the rest of the electronics part of the forum. Sure the argument that people want to start a thread somewhere with a bigger chance on getting spotted is valid, but then community moderation is needed to correct such a situation. And I fear that it is trhere where it will fail. Because of reluctance to cooperate due to thinking nothing wrong is done. Brumby has a strong point there about why the TEA situation failed eventually. Also thinking that the possible new sections are for getting advice on non electronic related topics is, to my opinion, not correct. To me it is not about getting advice on something, but more a sharing of things I enjoy and others might enjoy that too. If I need advice on something that is not core on this forum I will use google. And when I do need advice on electronics related stuff, google is my first approach also. I have to augment the above a bit with subjects that concern live advice, like "I'm being harassed by a coworker" can get good advice and maybe not easily found on google. And the "My DOG just swallowed a 470uF electrolytic cap" brought a lot of humor :) And laughing is good for you, don't dismiss that. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on September 10, 2022, 05:26:11 am ---Also thinking that the possible new sections are for getting advice on non electronic related topics is, to my opinion, not correct. To me it is not about getting advice on something, but more a sharing of things I enjoy and others might enjoy that too. If I need advice on something that is not core on this forum I will use google. And when I do need advice on electronics related stuff, google is my first approach also. --- End quote --- That was what my Off-Topic Project section idea was about. It's not about asking questions, it's about sharing other projects you are working on. If people are interested then they can join in and discuss etc. If not, no worries, it's just a place to share your projects in case it helps or inspires others. |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: Brumby on September 10, 2022, 01:37:51 am ---Could a different tack in Moderation have changed the outcome? Possibly. However, it must be made quite clear that there has been very little need for "advanced" moderation skills on the EEVblog since it has been quite well behaved for quite a long time. The recent kerfuffle was quite unique and escalated quickly. No-one was prepared for it. --- End quote --- Agreed. I'll add a legal maxim: extreme cases make bad laws. Example: after Dr Harold Shipman's activities (the most prolific serial killer in modern history, with an estimated 250 victims) were discovered, there were calls to regulate doctors so it wouldn't happen again. Such regulation would have been a major overhead for something that was highly unlikely to ever happen again. Fortunately nothing much was changed. |
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